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at the courthouse door.(Of the posting of a notice of judicial sale, etc.) on the courthouse door, or in direct proximity to the door, as on a bulletin board that is located just outside the door and that is regularly used for the posting of legal notices. • Some statutes may specify that the notice…

at the bar.See AT BAR.[Blacks Law 8th]

attesting witness.See WITNESS.[Blacks Law 8th]

attester  (<<schwa>>-tes-t<<schwa>>r).  One  who  attests  or  vouches  for.  —  Also  spelled attestant; attestator; attestor.[Blacks Law 8th]

attested will.See WILL.[Blacks Law 8th]

attested copy.See certified copy under COPY.[Blacks Law 8th]

attestation clause.A provision at the  end  of an instrument (esp. a  will) that is signed by the instrument’s  witnesses  and  that  recites  the  formalities  required  by  the  jurisdiction  in  which  the instrument  might  take  effect  (such  as  where  the  will  might  be  probated).  •  The  attestation strengthens the  presumption  that  all  the  statutory  requirements  for …

attest (<<schwa>>-test), vb.1. To bear witness; testify <attest to the defendant’s innocence>.2. To affirm to be true or genuine; to authenticate by signing as a witness <attest the will>. [Cases: Wills    113.C.J.S. Wills  §§  253–255.]  —  attestation  (a-te-stay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  —  attestative (<<schwa>>-tes-t<<schwa>>-tiv), adj.[Blacks Law 8th]

attermoiement (at-<<schwa>>r-moy-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>nt). [Law French] Eccles. law. COMPOSI-TION(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

atterminement  (<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r-min-m<<schwa>>nt).1.  The  granting  of  a  delay for  some  purpose;  esp.,  the  extension  of  time  to  pay  a  debt.  2.  The  fixing  of  a  time  limit.  — attermine,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]