At-torn'ment, n.

(-tûrn'-), n. [O. Fr. attornement, L. attornamentum. See ATTORN.] (Law.) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. See ATTORN. Burrill. Blackstone.