Found 2 items, similar to Attorn.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: attorn
attorn
v : acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord;
“he was
attorned by the tenants”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Attorn
Attorn
\At*torn"\, v. i. [OF. atorner, aturner, atourner, to
direct, prepare, dispose, attorn (cf. OE. atornen to return,
adorn); [`a] (L. ad) + torner to turn; cf. LL. attornare to
commit business to another, to attorn; ad + tornare to turn,
L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to round off. See
Turn, v.
t.]
1. (Feudal Law) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from
one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories,
vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.
--Blackstone.
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2. (Modern Law) To agree to become tenant to one to whom
reversion has been granted.
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