单词 | to attorn tenant |
释义 | > as lemmasto attorn tenant 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. < as lemmas |
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