Foreign

Definition - adj
: not being within the jurisdiction of a political unit (as a state)
esp
: being from or in a state other than the one in which a matter is being considered <a ~ company doing business in South Carolina> <a ~ executor submitting to the jurisdiction of this court> <a ~ judgment>
compare domestic



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lien creditor

a creditor who is secured by a lien (as by attachment)


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