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Definition of attorn in English: attornverb əˈtəːnəˈtərn [no object]Law 1Formally make or acknowledge a transfer of something. Example sentencesExamples - They were parties in the U.S. litigation and had attorned to U.S. jurisdiction.
- Having intervened the minister attorned to the jurisdiction of the court.
- If they have been stored in the customer's name, the warehouseman should be required to attorn to the bank.
- Mrs. Varga shall attorn to this jurisdiction in relation to all issues of custody and access.
- 1.1archaic with object Transfer (something) to someone else.
a lord might attorn his vassals service to some other Example sentencesExamples - Mr. Binder had attorned rents to the first mortgagee.
Synonyms transfer, make over, give, pass, hand over, hand down, convey, consign, alienate
Phrases Formally make or acknowledge a transfer of tenancy. Example sentencesExamples - An attornment clause in a mortgage whereby the mortgagor attorns tenant at will to the mortgagee is not a true contract.
Origin Middle English (in the senses 'turn, change, transform'): from Old French atorner 'appoint, assign', from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + torner 'to turn'. The spelling with o rather than u or ou, as might have been expected in English, is due to the late Anglo-Norman French form attorner, adopted in legal use. Definition of attorn in US English: attornverbəˈtərnəˈtərn [no object]Law 1Formally make or acknowledge a transfer of something. Example sentencesExamples - Mrs. Varga shall attorn to this jurisdiction in relation to all issues of custody and access.
- They were parties in the U.S. litigation and had attorned to U.S. jurisdiction.
- If they have been stored in the customer's name, the warehouseman should be required to attorn to the bank.
- Having intervened the minister attorned to the jurisdiction of the court.
- 1.1archaic with object Transfer (something) to someone else.
a lord might attorn his vassals service to some other Example sentencesExamples - Mr. Binder had attorned rents to the first mortgagee.
Synonyms transfer, make over, give, pass, hand over, hand down, convey, consign, alienate
Phrases Formally make or acknowledge a transfer of tenancy. Example sentencesExamples - An attornment clause in a mortgage whereby the mortgagor attorns tenant at will to the mortgagee is not a true contract.
Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘turn, change, transform’): from Old French atorner ‘appoint, assign’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + torner ‘to turn’. The spelling with o rather than u or ou, as might have been expected in English, is due to the late Anglo-Norman French form attorner, adopted in legal use. |