What Does It Mean to “Attorn”?

No. 1,353 Not what you think.  Its not what attorneys do.  It is usually what tenants of commercial property do — acknowledge the new owner as landlord or the mortgage holder as having rights that precede the lease. Its a verb, used as follows: “Lessee hereby agrees to attorn to subsequent purchasers of the leased […]

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