attorn
(verb) acknowledge a new land owner as one’s landlord; “he was attorned by the tenants”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
attorn (third-person singular simple present attorns, present participle attorning, simple past and past participle attorned)
(intransitive, legal) To transfer one's obligations from a person to another person.
(intransitive, legal) To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.
(intransitive, legal) To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.
• traditio brevi manu
• Arnott, ratton
Source: Wiktionary
At*torn", v. i. Etym: [OF. atorner, aturner, atourner, to direct, prepare, dispose, attorn (cf. OE. atornen to return, adorn); Ă (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)
Definition: 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)
Definition: To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
