charging lien
- A legal claim on a judgment or awarded settlement, used to ensure an attorney's fees and expenses are paid
- The lawyer applied a charging lien to ensure payment for his services when the client won the case.
- The charging lien was put into place to secure the payment of attorney's fees from the recovered damages.
- Under the charging lien, the attorney claimed a part of the judgment to pay for his rendered legal services.
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