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Attornment
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Attornment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/attornment.html. 1828.