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Prejudice to landlords by Attornment of tenants to strangers.
Attornments of tenants void, and possession of landlords not affected thereby.
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VII. And whereas the possessions of estates in lands, tenements, and here ditaments are rendred very precarious by the frequent and fraudulent practice of tenants in attorning to strangers, who claim title to the estates of their respective landlord or landlords, lessor or lessors, who by that means are turned out of possession of their respective estates, and put to the difficulty and expence of recovering the possession thereof by actions or suits at law: for remedy whereof be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of May one thousand seven hundred and forty two all and every such attornment and attornments of any tenant or tenants of any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever; and the possession of their respective landlords or landlord, lessor or lessors, shall not be deemed or construed to be any ways changed, altered, or affected by any such attornment or attornments.
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