LIEN, in law, the right which one person, in certain eases, possesses of de taining property belonging to another, when placed in his possession, until some demand, which the former has, is satis fied. Liens are of two kinds : particular liens, that is, where the person in posses sion of gnarls may detain them until a claim which accrues to him from those identical goods is satisfied ; and general liens, that is, where the person in posses sion may detain the goods, not only for his claim accruing from them, but also for the general balance of his account \fah the owners. Some liens also are created by express agreement, and some by usage.
Li EUTEN'ANT, this word, like cap tain, and loony others, has received grad tinily a much narrower meaning than it had originally. its true meaning is a deputy, a substitute, from the French lieu, (place, post,) and tenant, (holder.) A lieutenant gene'ral du royounte is a person invested with almost all the pow ers of the sovereign. Such was the count d'Artois (afterwards Charles X.) before Louis XVIII. entered France, in 1514.— .Lieutenant-general was formerly the ti tle of a commanding general, but at pres ent it signifies the degree above major general.—Lieutenant-colonel is the offi
cer between the colonel and major.— Lieutenant, in military language, signi fies the officer next below a captain. There are first lieutenants, and second, or sous-Usntenuntx, with different pay.— A lieutenant in the navy is the second officer next in command to the captain of a ship.—In England, the /0 rd-lieutenant of a county has the authority to call out the militia in case of invasion or rebel lion. The governor of Ireland is also called lard-lieutenant of Ireland. In COMO English colonies, jointly under a gorernor-general, tho chief inagistrate of each separate colony is called 1 ieuten. aht-storernor Many of the United States choose lieutenant-governors to act in case of the governor's death.
1,14rATURE, in music, the tie which binds several notes of like length to gether, by which they appear in groups.
Thus four quavers, by means of a ligature at the top or bottom, assume the form:LT, the line _connecting them being the ligature.