Attentat
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the civil and canon law. Anything whatsoever wrongfully innovated or attempted in the suit by the judge a quo, pending an appeal.
1 Add. Ecc. 22, note; Ayliffe, Par. 100.
ATTERMINARE (Lat.) To put off to a succeeding term; to prolong the time of payment of a debt. St. Westminster II. c.
4; Cowell; Blount.