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

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