Secure

Definition - Transitive Verb
1  : to put beyond hazard of losing or not receiving <~ the blessings of liberty ­U.S. Constitution preamble>
2 a  : to protect or make certain (as by lien) <make a just and equitable partition and ~ the parties' respective interests ­Denton v. Lazenby, 879 P.2d 607 (1994)>
b  : to give security for (as a loan) or otherwise assure the payment, performance, or execution of with security <the court imposed a lien on his property to ~ the judgment>
c  : to give or pledge security to (as a creditor)
broadly
: to cause to have security or a security interest <a creditor secured by a lien on real property>



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collateral estoppel

estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action


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