attorned; attorning; attorns
: to agree to be tenant to a new owner or landlord of the same property
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“Attorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorn. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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attorn
intransitive verb
at·torn
ə-ˈtərn 
: to agree to be the tenant of a new landlord or owner of the same property
attornment
noun
Etymology
Anglo-French aturner to transfer (allegiance of a tenant to another lord), from Old French atorner to turn (to), arrange, from a- to + torner to turn
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