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Attorn

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Meaning of Attorn

Agree to become tenant to one as owner of an estate previously held by another. See attornment .

Attorn Alternative Definition

To turn over; to transfer to another money or goods; to assign to some particular use or service. Kennett, Par. Ant. 283. In Feudal Law. Used of a lord’s transferring the homage and service of his tenant to a new lord. Bracton, 81, 82; 1 Sullivan, Lect. 227. In Modern Law. or the tenant of one to acknowledge or agree that the fee is in another, or that such other is his landlord. 3 A. K. Marsh. (Ky.) 611. A valid attornment may be made to one in privity with the landlord, as to the vendee on sale of the premises, but an attornment to a stranger is void.

Synonyms of Attorn

verb

  • allot
  • assign
  • cede
  • confer
  • confer ownership
  • consign
  • convey
  • deliver
  • demise
  • devise
  • devolve upon
  • dispose of
  • give
  • grant
  • impart
  • let
  • part with
  • pass down
  • relinquish
  • transfer
  • turn over

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Concept of Attorn in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Attorn: To turn over; to transfer to another. To agree to recognize a new owner of a property and pay rent to him. See also: Letter of Attornment.

Concept of Attorn in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Attorn: To turn over; to transfer to another. To agree to recognize a new owner of a property and pay rent to him. See also: Letter of Attornment.

Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Attorn

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late 13c., Anglo-French, “to turn over to another,” from Old French atorner “to turn, turn to, assign, attribute, dispose,” from a- “to” (see ad-) + tourner “to turn,” from Latin tornare “to turn on a lathe,” from tornus “lathe,” from Greek tornos “lathe, tool for drawing circles,” from PIE root *tere- (1) “to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist” (see throw (verb)). In feudal law, “to transfer homage or allegiance to another lord.”

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  • Landlord
  • Tenant
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