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attentat

/ˌætɑnˈtɑː/

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A variant of attemptate assimilated to Latin attentātus and French attentat.

noun attentats · attentate

obsolete 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).
obsolete Any step wrongly innovated or attempted by an inferior judge in a suit.
obsolete 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.

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@misc{attentat_2026,
  title = {attentat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/attentat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}