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at·tack n: an attempt to prove something invalid or incorrect esp. through judicial procedures

made an attack on the will as not properly witnessed; specif: an attempt to have the judgment of a court corrected or overruled

collateral attack: an attack on a judgment made during or by a proceeding brought for a different purpose see also habeas corpus ad subjiciendum at habeas corpus

direct attack: an attack on a judgment made in a proceeding (as an appeal) brought for the specific purpose of having the judgment corrected or overturned

attack vb