Legal Definition and Related Resources of Attorn
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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