Legal right

The answer

LIEN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIEN answer page.

Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• DROIT (16 uses in xd)
• TITLE (4 uses in xd)
• EASEMENT (3 uses in xd)
• DUEPROCESS (1 uses in xd)
• IUS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LIEN

Every other clue in this collection answered by LIEN, most used first.

• Property claim - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal claim - used 148 times, most recently in 2025
• Mortgage - used 63 times, most recently in 2021
• Bank claim - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Claim against property - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Bank holding - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Claim on property - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Creditor's claim - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Bank's property claim - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Lender's security - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Property encumbrance - used 23 times, most recently in 2017

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• "Yeah, right!" - IBET, used 238 times
• "Yeah, right!" - ASIF, used 159 times
• Legal wrong - TORT, used 140 times
• Right on the map - EAST, used 140 times
• "Right away!" - ASAP, used 109 times
• "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria - SALS, used 71 times

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