1. 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.