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Attorn vs Attorny - What's the difference?

attorn | attorny |

As a verb attorn

is (legal) to transfer one's obligations from a person to another person.

As a noun attorny is

(obsolete|or|proscribed).

attorn

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (legal) To transfer one's obligations from a person to another person.
  • (legal) To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.

    • Synonyms

    *traditio brevi manu

    Derived terms

    * attornment * attorney

    attorny

    English

    Noun

    (attornies)
  • (obsolete, or, proscribed)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1829, author=Edward Law (Lord Ellenborough), title=A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II, chapter=, edition=1881 ed. citation
    • , passage=The attornies , who are numerous and powerful, very hostile. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1872, author=Charles Kent, title=Charles Dickens as a Reader, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=That "most wonderful woman in the world," Aunt Betsey, for example; or that most laconic of carriers, Mr. Barkis; or, to name yet one other, Uriah Heep, that reddest and most writhing of rascally attornies . }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=April 22, author=Bill Burck, title=Local Color: A Night in Court, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=The hand-stenciled sign over the center door reads, "No attornies [sic] allowed in assembly." }}