noun
- Plural of attornment; the act of a tenant acknowledging a new landlord or owner of the property, thereby transferring allegiance from the previous owner.
Usage: legal/archaic; primarily historical; less common in modern property law
Examples
- The attornments of the tenants to the new lord were recorded in the manor court.
- Medieval property transfers often required formal attornments from all resident tenants.
- The document detailed the attornments made by the village farmers to their new overlord.