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Definition of Attorn

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. 2. (Modern Law) To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.

Meaning of Attorn from wikipedia

- In mortgages, an attornment clause is a clause whereby the mortgagor attorns tenant to the mortgagee, thus giving the mortgagee the right to distrain...
- Quebec as the English term for avocat. The term has its roots in the verb to attorn, meaning to transfer one's rights and obligations to another. The "attorney"...
- inequality in bargaining power. In Canada, whether the term "submit" or "attorn" is used may determine whether the choice of law clause is enforced. In...
- a PPSA security interest against the rents being generated, in order to attorn the rents in the event the mortgage goes into default. In the absence of...
- attend attendance attendant attentive attest attestation attire attitude attorn attorney (Old Fr. atorné [appointed] p.p. of aturner) attraction attractive...
- Sportpari, Belgosstrakh, Priorbank, Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners Attorn, Business Network, Eurotorg, Mogilevliftmash, Lidkon, Slodych, Toptyshka...
- grant of reversion to John and Eva. The defendants were allowed not to attorn due to one of the co-parceners not being an adult, and therefore he could...
- Captain Holloway Ken Murray as Jim McGuire Charles Middleton as District Attorn Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madame Maxime Ara Haswell as Miss Peck Dorothy...
- rise, as attorney to an approving master, the King, viz.: Joh'es ERNLEY, Attorn. Regis [i.e. John ERNLEY, King's Attorney] (see Rotuli Parliamentorum :...
- that the firm named and Messrs. Stewart, White and Co. be called upon to attorn tenants to the trust under conditions to be submitted by this Committee...