LIEN AVOIDANCE

lien avoidance. Bankruptcy. A debtor’s depriving a creditor of a security interest in an asset of the bankruptcy estate. 11 USCA §§ 506(d), 522(f). [Cases: Bankruptcy 2571–2588, 2784. C.J.S. Bankruptcy §§ 110, 121, 123–125, 127, 129–132, 177–180.]