strictly, a bond or a tie. In practice, a legal claim; the right to hold anything as security until the claim of the holder has been satisfied ... A lien is usually lost when possession of the property held is given up
All assets and funds previously impounded or frozen pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 990/93 and (EC) No 2471/94 may be released by Member States in accordance with the law, provided that any such assets that are subject to any claims, liens, judgments or incumbrances, or which are the assets of any person, partnership, corporation or other entity found or deemed to be insolvent under the law or the accounting principles prevailing in the relevant Member State, shall remain frozen or impounded until released in accordance with the applicable law.
