attornment

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The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person
The act of a tenant formally agreeing to become the tenant of a successor landlord; as in attorning to a mortgagee who has foreclosed on the leased premises
Agreement by a tenant to accept a replacement landlord
A method of transfer from one person, through the agency of another; to a third person
{i} transference; shift in allegiance
A tenant's formal agreement to be a tenant of a new landlord
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
attornment

    Расстановка переносов

    at·torn·ment

    Синонимы

    traditio brevi manu

    Произношение

    Этимология

    () Old French atorner (“to turn”), through Middle English.
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