advocation
[ ad-vuh-key-shuhn ]
/ ˌæd vəˈkeɪ ʃən /
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noun
Scots Law. the action of a superior court in calling before itself or reviewing an action originally brought before an inferior court.
Obsolete.
- advocacy.
- the act of summoning.
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OTHER WORDS FROM advocation
re·ad·vo·ca·tion, nounWords nearby advocation
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advocation
/ (ˌædvəˈkeɪʃən) /
noun
Scots law papal law the transfer to itself by a superior court of an action pending in a lower court
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