attorn

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ATTORN', verb intransitive [Latin ad and torno.] In the feudal law, to turn, or transfer homage and service from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassels or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.
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