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Advocation   Listen
noun
Advocation  n.  
1.
The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. (Archaic) "The holy Jesus... sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us."
2.
Advowson. (Obs.) "The donations or advocations of church livings."
3.
(Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.





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"Advocation" Quotes from Famous Books



... I believe, but I am not sure, porter and negus, and likewise small beer. And it was at one of these assemblies that Mrs. Douglas called Mrs. Chalmers very improper names. And Mrs. Chalmers brought an action of defamation before the Commissaries, and it came by advocation into this Court, and your Lordships allowed a proof of the veritas convicii, and it lasted a very long time, and in the end answered no good purpose even to the defender herself, while it did much hurt to the pursuer's character. I am therefore for REFUSING ...
— Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character • Edward Bannerman Ramsay


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