Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• FIRST LIEN
  
  The registered legal claim which stands first in line to enjoy the proceeds of a sale of the property. Liens generally are ordered according to time or registration but various statutes allow some liens (realty taxes) to jump to the head of the line.
  
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