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Term Definition
Charging Lien
- the right of a lawyer to be paid from the proceeds of the final divorce settlement.
Application in Divorce
In most jurisdictions, charging liens in divorce cases are seen as violation of the canons of
contingency fee
, that is paid based on the outcome.
A
process
.
See Canons of
Legal Ethics
.
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