attentat means anything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- Anything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal.“All the several acts of one court day constitute, with reference to attentats, but one act, notwithstanding an appeal intermediate between those acts (h).”
- Any step wrongly innovated or attempted by an inferior judge in a suit.
- An attempted assault or assassination of a political figure; a politically motivated attempted assault.“Their detestation of Popular Attentates, upon the Person or Authoritie of Princes.”