a claim for payment recorded against real estate for the price of labor or materials used to improve the property
a claim upon property for money owed to a contractor, material supplier or anyone who supplied labor or materials for improvements to the property
A statutory lien in favour of any person who supplies services or materials for the improvement of real property which arises as soon as those services and materials are first supplied. The lien, which secures the value of the services or materials supplied, may be registered on title to property ("preserved") and subsequently the subject of a law suit ("perfected").
A claim filed in the land registry office by an individual or company for labor or material, or both, supplied for the improvement of property.
A claim based on the principle of "unjust enrichment, favors parties who have performed labor or delivered materials or supplies for the repair or building of an improvement to real property