Definition of attornment in English:
attornment
noun əˈtəːnm(ə)ntəˈtərnmənt
mass nounLaw The formal transference of something to someone else.
Example sentencesExamples
- His subsequent procedural failures under Florida law do not invalidate that attornment.
- It seems that there cannot be an attornment when the third party holds the borrower's property in bulk with those of others, such that it is not identifiable, e.g. grain in a silo.
- The attornment is much less drastic and intrusive into the rights of the mortgagee.
- Attornment clauses in mortgages are rarely created today, but the official receiver may come across old mortgages still containing such clauses.
- The plaintiffs' mortgages included the right of attornment of rents and other remedies in the event of default.
Synonyms
transfer, making over, giving, passing on, handing down, conveyance, consignment, alienation