This Chapter provides in general for matters relating to liens: definition of liens; creation of liens; effect of liens; priority of liens; redemption from liens; and extinction of liens. A lien is a charge imposed in some mode other than by a transfer in trust upon specific property by which it is made security for the performance of an act, e.g. mortgages. A general lien is one which the holder thereof is entitled to enforce as a security for the performance of all the obligations, or all of a