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Definition of Attorns
1. attorn [v] - See also: attorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attorns
Literary usage of Attorns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Abridgment of the Law by Matthew Bacon (1832)
"his reversion to baron and feme, and B. attorns, and then Roll. R. 52. If A.
leases to B. for years, rendering rent, and after grants 2 ..."
2. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"A,lerne for life, remainder to В for life ; the lessor grants his reversion, and
В attorns ; it U good, and shall bind A. Bates v. ..."
3. The Law Relating to the Sale of Goods and Commercial Agency by Robert Campbell (1881)
"... se^> remain in the custody of a middleman, who at the time of attorns so as
to saie ... attorns ..."
4. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt.: In Thirteen Parts by John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Edward Coke (1826)
"127« And therefore, if a (J~) to one is good reversion, or seignory, be granted
to two, and the tenant attorns or others. to one Of them; it is good to both ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1834)
"But if tenant in tail lease for term of life, and then grant the reversion, and
the tenant for term of life attorns and dies in the life of the tenant in ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Montagu Manning (1834)
"But if tenant in tail lease for term of life, and then die, and the heir grants
the reversion, and the tenant attorns and dies, living the issue in tail, ..."
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