hotelkeeper’s lien

A possessory or statutory lien allowing an innkeeper to hold, as security for payment, personal property that a guest brought into the hotel.

— Also termed innkeeper’s lien. [Cases: Innkeepers 13. C.J.S. Inns, Hotels and Eating Places § 19.]

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