THE FIRST WORD

attorn

PRONUNCIATION:

(uh-TUHRN) 

MEANING:

verb tr.: To turn over rent, goods, etc. to another.
verb intr.: To agree to be a tenant of a new landlord of the same property.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French atorner (to assign to), from a- (to) + torner (to turn). An attorney is the person one turns to to represent oneself. Earliest documented use: 1458.

USAGE:

"So there was no reason to proceed with the extradition, because they'd already attorned to that jurisdiction."
Windsor Men Won't Be Extradited to US; CBC News (Canada); May 27, 2010.