general lien

A power of sale under a general lien should not normally be exercised without recourse to legal advice.

The opposite of a general lien.

A special lien can be extended to a general lien by contract, and this is commonly done in the case of carriers.

Common-law liens are divided into special liens and general liens.

Factors, insurance brokers, packers, stockbrokers and banker's liens are all usually general liens.

As a matter of interest, the following definition of general lien appears in Mozley & Whiteley's Law Dictionary:

The Carrier shall have a general lien against the owner of the goods for any monies whatever due from the Trader or such other owner to the Carrier.

Four days later, an additional 50,000 Japanese surrendered to General Lien Ching Sun, Chiang Kai Shek's personal representative in northern China.

A general lien affects all of the property of the lienor in the possession of the lienee, and stands as security for all of the debts of the lienor to the lienee.

Based on Webster's Dictionary it "covers a group or class of things or properties instead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where a mortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien."