At-tĕn′/tates or At-tĕn′/tats, n. pl.

n. pl. [Lat. attentatum, pl. attentata, from attentare, to attempt, q. v.] (Law.) (a.) Proceedings in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed. (b.) Things wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.