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ATTORNMENT, estates. Was the agreement of the tenant to the grant of the seignory, or of a rent, or the agreement of the donee in tail, or tenant forlife, or years, to a grant of a reversion or of a remainder made to another.Co. Litt. 309; Touchs. 253. Attornments are rendered unnecessary, even inEngland, by virtue of sundry statutes, and they are abolished in the UnitedStates. 4 Kent, Com. 479; 1 Hill. Ab. 128, 9. Vide 3 Vin. Ab. 317; 1 Vern.330, n.; Saund. 234, n. 4; Roll. Ab. h.t.; Nelson's Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. h.t.

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