Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
at·tornPronunciation:
&-'t&rnFunction:
intransitive verbEtymology: 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
: to agree to be the tenant of a new landlord or owner of the same property —
at·torn·ment noun