attorn

attorn
[əˈtəːn]
verb
  1. [no obj.](Law)formally make or acknowledge a transfer of something
    (律)承让
    ■[with obj.](archaic)transfer (something) to someone else
    (古)转让,让与
常用词组
attorn tenant
  1. (Law)formally make or acknowledge a transfer of tenancy
    (律)转租人
语源
  1. 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, is due to the late Anglo-Norman French form attorner, adopted in legal use
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