Legal claim
The crossword clue "Legal claim" is answered by LIEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 148 times across 55 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIEN answer page.
Used 148 times across 55 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DROIT (12 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIEN, most used first.
- Property claim - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
- Mortgage - used 63 times, most recently in 2021
- Bank claim - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Claim against property - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Bank holding - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Claim on property - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Creditor's claim - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Bank's property claim - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Lender's security - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Property encumbrance - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
- Legal right - used 22 times, most recently in 2006
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Legal wrong - TORT, used 140 times
- Legal document - WRIT, used 56 times
- Legal order - WRIT, used 46 times
- Claim - AVER, used 41 times
- Legal scholar Guinier - LANI, used 37 times
- Legal document - DEED, used 35 times
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