Associations to the word «Attentat»

Wiktionary

ATTENTAT, noun. (legal) (obsolete) Anything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal.
ATTENTAT, noun. (legal) (obsolete) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted by an inferior judge in a suit.
ATTENTAT, noun. (obsolete) An attempted assault or assassination of a political figure; a politically motivated attempted assault.

Wise words

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