riana
1. (loan) (noun) lien - the right to keep someone else's property until a debt due on it is paid.
Ki te kore e rahi ngā moni hoko i puta mai i taua wāhi i hokona rā hei whakaea i taua riana, me tahuri anō te Kaunihera ki te tapahi atu anō i tētahi atu wāhi o taua whenua (TPH 29/9/1900:2). / If the money from the sale of that part is insufficient to pay the lien, the Council must section off another part of the land holding.
Synonyms: riena
