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attornment
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attornment, n. [OF. attornement, LL. attornamentum. See Attorn.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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