noun
- The act of a tenant acknowledging a new landlord or owner of the property, thereby transferring allegiance from the previous owner.
Usage: legal; archaic or formal
Examples
- The attornment of the tenant to the new owner was recorded in the deed.
- Upon sale of the estate, attornment by the existing tenants was required to validate the transfer.
- The lawyer explained that attornment would formalize the tenant's recognition of the new landlord.
- Historical records show the attornment took place in the presence of witnesses.
- Without proper attornment, the tenant's obligations to the previous owner remained unclear.