attentate

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A criminal attempt.
2. n. In law: A proceeding in a court of judicature after an inhibition is decreed. A thing done after an extra-judicial appeal. A matter improperly innovated or attempted by an inferior judge.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete An attempt; an assault.
2. n. A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
3. n. Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.