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Webster 1913 Edition

Attornment

At-torn′ment

,
Noun.
[OF.
attornement
, LL.
attornamentum
. See
Attorn
.]
(Law)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Attornment

ATTORN'MENT

,
Noun.
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.

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