单词 | attorn |
释义 | attornv. Chiefly Law. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > have tenure of property [verb (intransitive)] > agree to be tenant of new landlord > transfer feudal homage to new lord attorn1611 1422 in H. M. Flasdieck Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1926) 61 (MED) He openly deleuyryd me sesyn be yat same dede..And aftyr yat, ye tenauntes atturnedyn to me. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) l. 1266 (MED) Til sorowe for his synnes seese hym agaynes, And þe tenaunt a-tourne to treuthe al his life. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 606/2 The Gascoignes..had sent into England, to shew causes why they should not atturne to the Duke. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 13 Shall they do honestly to atturn, and do homage and fealty without a legall Salvo? b. transitive. Feudal Law. Of a lord: to transfer (service of one's vassals or tenants) to someone else (now historical). More generally: to turn over (property, money, etc.) to someone else; to assign or transfer possession of. Also of a tenant: to start to provide (rent) to a new landlord. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)] assign1297 bequeathc1305 alienc1400 analy1405 releasea1425 alienate?a1475 to make over1478 convey1495 transport1523 to put over1542 dispone?1548 design1573 pass1587 to set over1594 transfer1598 abalienate1646 attorn1649 demise1670 enure1736 to will away1773 divest1790 1430 in H. M. Flasdieck Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1926) 86 (MED) To attorn and surrende all here estate..to the saide Richard Neuton and his cofeffeys. 1649 J. Sadler Rights of Kingdom 16 In Some Case a Lord might, Atturn, and Assign his Vassals Service, to some Other. 1676 A. Marvell Wks. III. 147 A good Christian..cannot atturn and indenture his conscience over, to be represented by others. 1691 W. Lloyd Disc. God's Ways i. i. 58 This being follow'd by the Peoples attorning their Allegiance. 1708 Cowell's Interpreter sig. E2v To Atturn or Turn over Money and Goods; i.e. to assign or appropriate them. 1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 46 Neither will we that the lord attorn the homage and service of his tenant against the will of the tenant. 1883 Cincinnati Law Bull. 9 113/2 It was Cahn's duty as its lessee to attorn rent and final possession to it. 1942 Eng. Hist. Rev. 57 457 From a record..we learn that the performance of the forinsec service..was attorned to the purchaser in the county court. 2017 Canad. Govt. News (Nexis) 18 Sept. Did the mortgagee serve notice on the Tenants to attorn the rent? c. intransitive. To agree formally to be the tenant of a person into whose possession an estate, rented property, etc., has passed; to act in a manner which constitutes legal acknowledgement of the new landlord. Also: to accept or consent to a deed, grant, etc., stipulating such a change in ownership. Also in to attorn tenant in the same sense. Frequently with to (or †unto). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > have tenure of property [verb (intransitive)] > agree to be tenant of new landlord attorn1458 to attorn tenant1458 to attorn tenant1844 1456 in Ld. Campbell Lives Lord Chancellors (1845) I. 373 The said Joyes hath attourned to the said Sir John. 1590 W. West Συμβολαιογραϕία ii. §37 sig. Eviv He the said W. in good order of law, shal atturne tenant vnto the sayd H. M. of the premisses. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. iii. 27v Hee shall not be compelled to atturne. 1656 tr. J. Popham Rep. & Cases 108 The said Nicholas Cobb never attorned to this Deed. 1844 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Property (1877) 247 He could refuse to attorn tenant to the purchaser. 1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania II. 161 Tenant who attorns under mistake may defend against lessor. 2001 P. Sparkes New Landlord & Tenant xi. 303 An estoppel arose against a borrower who attorned tenant to a second mortgage-lender. 2011 Daily Rec. (Rochester, N.Y.) (Nexis) 29 Oct. The tenant agrees that after foreclosure it will attorn to the lender (or its successor) as its new landlord. 2. intransitive. To submit to or accept someone as a superior; to yield to or consent to something. Now chiefly Canadian. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit [verb (intransitive)] onboweOE bowa1000 abeyc1300 yielda1330 loutc1330 couchc1386 to come to a person's mercy?a1400 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1400 hielda1400 underlouta1400 foldc1400 to come (also to put oneself) in a person's willc1405 subjectc1475 defer1479 avale1484 to come in1485 submita1525 submita1525 stoop1530 subscribe1556 compromit1590 warpa1592 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to come in will to a person1596 lead1607 knuckle1735 snool1786 1817 Morning Post 24 June The barges were to be sent out with a gun a piece, to make all the Royal Navy attorn to the new government. 1863 Possibilities of Creat. 370 How sottish the soul would become were it required to attorn to the Devil. 1883 T. M. Healy in Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Dec. 1/2 Mr. Parnell..has shown an undisguised contempt for every effort to compel him to attorn to British opinion. 1975 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. Spring 185 He must enter a surcharge on the ledger of his calculations by attorning to the legal rule and obeying it unless there are preponderant reasons for not doing so. 2000 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 6 Oct. a7 Jurors are more likely to abdicate their role as fact-finders and simply attorn to the opinion of the expert. 3. intransitive. To consent or submit to the jurisdiction of a particular court, government, territory, etc. Now chiefly Canadian. ΚΠ 1843 F. A. Carrington & J. R. Marshman Rep. Cases Nisi Prius 382 The plaintiff intended to attorn to their jurisdiction. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 58 521 The husband had never lost his Ontario domicile nor had he attorned to the jurisdiction of the Michigan courts. 2013 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) (Final ed.) 19 Apr. a3 The corporation voluntarily agreed to attorn to the jurisdiction of Canadian courts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < |
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