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"he was attorned by the tenants"verbacknowledge a new land owner as one's landlordtype of:
Definition that contains attorn
- referee an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
- indictment a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
- proxy a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- stipulation (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
- legal representative a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
- champerty an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded
- solicitor general a law officer appointed to assist an attorney general
- stock power a power of attorney document to transfer ownership of a registered security from the owner to another party
- contingency fee a fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services)
- attorneyship the position of attorney