(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:57:46

At*torn"ment (#), n. [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 1913.

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