"accountant's lien" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1994, Michael Gillooly, chapter 5, in Securities over Personalty, →ISBN, page 140:",
          "text": "A recent decision from New South Wales suggests, however, that in the absence of some contractual prohibition the benefit of a possessory lien (in this case, an accountant's lien over his client's papers) may be assigned to a third party, along with the debt.",
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        "The right of an accountant to retain a client's papers until the accountant's fees have been paid."
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        "(law) The right of an accountant to retain a client's papers until the accountant's fees have been paid."
      ],
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  "word": "accountant's lien"
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        "(law) The right of an accountant to retain a client's papers until the accountant's fees have been paid."
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