lien
/liːn/noun
- Law a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged【律】（债务人未清偿债务前对其财产的）留置权, 扣押权。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French， via Old French loien from Latin ligamen 'bond'， from ligare 'to bind'.