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letter of attornment

let·ter of at·torn·ment [ lèttər əv ə túrnmənt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
letter indicating a new owner: a letter that acknowledges a new owner as a landlord or a new organization as the servicer of a loan

[Attornment "transference" < attorn "transfer tenancy" < Old French atorner "assign"]
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