attorn

/əˈtʌrn/
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Other forms: attorned; attorns; attorning

Definitions of attorn
  1. verb
    acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord
    “he was attorned by the tenants”
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    type of:
    acknowledge, admit
    declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
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