Building Lien The statutory lien of a material-man or contractor for the erection of a building. Lumber Co. v. Holt, 60 Neb. 80, 82 N. W. 112, 83 Am. St. Rep. 512; June v. Doke, 35 Tex. Clv. App. 240, 80 S. W. 406 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)