What is ATTORNMENT? Definition of ATTORNMENT in Black's Law Dictionary
In feudal and old English law. A turning over or transfer by a lord of the services of his tenant to the grantee of his seigniory.
Attornment is the act of a person who holds a leasehold interest in land, or estate for life or years, by which he agrees to become the tenant of a stranger who has acquired the fee in the land, or the remainder or reversion, or the right to the rent or services by which the tenant holds. Snyder v. Bernstein Bros., 201 Iowa, 931, 208 N.W. 503, 504. It is an act by which a tenant acknowledges his obligation to a new landlord. Del-New Co. v. James, 167 A. 747, 748, 111 N.J.L. 157.
And requires an overt act by the tenant. Hemminger v. Klaprath, 189 A. 363, 15 N.J.Misc. 163.
The doctrine of attornment grew out of the peculiar relations existing between the landlord and his tenant under the feudal law, and the reasons for the rule never had any existence in this country, and is inconsistent with our laws, customs and institutions. Beyond its application to estop a tenant from denying the title of his landlord, it can serve but little, if any, useful purpose. Perrin v. Lepper, 34 Mich. 292.
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