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Webster 1913 Edition
Attentat
{
At-ten′tate
,At-ten′tat
, }Noun.
[L.
attentatum
, pl. attentata
, fr. attentare
to attempt: cf. F. attentat
criminal attempt. See Attempt
.] 1.
An attempt; an assault.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
(Law)
(a)
A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
(b)
Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.