{"id":11116,"date":"2017-12-19T06:01:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11116"},"modified":"2017-12-19T06:01:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T06:01:58","slug":"retaining-lien-an-attorneys-to-retain-possession-of-a-clients-papers-books-documents-securities-moneys-and-property-as-security-for-the-general-balance-due-to-him-until-the-cl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11116","title":{"rendered":"Retaining Lien – an attorney\u2019s to retain possession of a client\u2019s papers, books, documents, securities, moneys, and property as security for the general balance due to him until the client has paid for the attorney\u2019s services"},"content":{"rendered":"

retaining lien<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(1861)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An attorney\u2019s right to keep a client\u2019s papers until the client has paid for the attorney\u2019s services.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The attorney\u2019s retaining lien is not recognized in some states.<\/strong> [1]
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The lien of an attorney at law of common law origin but existing under statute in some jurisdictions, attaching to all papers, books, documents, securities, moneys, and property of the client coming into possession of the attorney in the course and with reference to his professional employment, thereby permitting him to hold them as security for the general balance due him from the client for professional services and disbursements.\u00a0 7 Am J2d Attys \u00a7\u00a7 273, 276<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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