attornment

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French atorner (to turn), through (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English.

Noun

attornment (plural attornments)

  1. (feudal law) The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.

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