Attornment

The act of a tenant in consenting to a transfer of the reversion and in aiiflmowledging the new landlord. The act of a donee in tail, or a tenant for life or for years, in consenting to a grant of the reversion or the remainder. Though attornment is not practiced in the United States, the term is still applied to the acts of tenants in somewhat the old sense. In feudal and old English laiv. Attornamentnm, attornaiio, I. l, Attournance, l.fr. A turning over or transfer by a lord of the services of his tenant to the grantee of his seigniory; a transfer by the tenant of his services to the grantee or new lord; a tenant's acknowledgment or acceptance of the grantee as his lord, in place of the former loi-d. v. Attorn; Attornare.