Attornment
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
estates, was the agreement of the tenant to the or tenant for life, or years, to a grant of a reversion or of a remainder made to another, Co. Litt. 309; Touchs. 253; attornments are rendered unnecessary, even in England, by virtue of sundry statutes, and they are abolished’ in the United States, 4 Kent, Com. 479.
Vide 3 Vin. Ab. 317; 1 Vern. 330, n.; Saund. 234, n. 4; Roll. Ab. h. t.; Nelson’s Ab. h. t.; Com. Dig. h. t.