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advocation

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVOCATION

n.A pleading for: plea; apology. A bill of advocation, in Scotland, is a written application to a superior court, to call an action before them from an inferior court. The order of the superior court for this purpose is called a letter of advocation.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADVOCATION

Ad `vo *ca "tion, n. Etym: [L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation. See Advowson. ]

1. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic ] The holy Jesus. .. sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us. Jer. Taylor.

2. Advowson. [Obs. ] The donations or advocations of church livings. Sanderson.

3. (Scots Law )

Defn: The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. Bell.