An obsolete or variant form of 'attorn,' used in early English legal documents to describe the transfer of feudal allegiance.
An alternative spelling of 'attorn' that appears in Early Modern English texts, possibly influenced by French 'attourner' (to assign) or representing regional pronunciation variations before spelling standardization.
Finding 'attourne' instead of 'attorn' in a legal document is like finding a fingerprint of where and when it was written—each region and time period had preferred spellings, and tracing these variants helps historians date and locate ancient contracts.
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