ATTORNMENT
Etymology
Noun
attornment (plural attornments)
(feudal legal) The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.
Synonyms
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Source: Wiktionary
At*torn"ment, n. Etym: [OF. attornement, LL. attornamentum. See
Attorn.] (Law)
Definition: The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he
consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or
superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement
of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his
landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition