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refers to an acknowledgment of the existence of the relationship of landlord and tenant. A tenant often has the duty under the tenant's lease, particularly in commercial leases, to provide an attornment upon request, and is required by a creditor or potential buyer of property from the landlord to
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Attornment in commercial real estate is generally used in the context of a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement (SNDA), which protects both the tenant and the lender in the event the landlord defaults on its commercial lending obligations. The lease remains in full force and
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and tenant were to a certain extent reciprocal. So it was considered unreasonable to the tenant to subject him to a new lord without his own approval, and it thus came about that alienation could not take place without the consent of the tenant. Attornment was also extended to all cases of
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process associated with the transaction. Frequently, a tenant must declare the existence of any outstanding disputes with the landlord at the time the attornment is executed and waives any dispute not declared at that time.
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A request for an attornment from a tenant which is refused can be used by a landlord as a basis for establishing grounds for
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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on the grounds of insecurity that the lease will be honored, or the existence of an actual
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for life or for years. The necessity for attornment was abolished by the
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on and income streams flowing from a property, as an element of the
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