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Webster 1913 Edition

Advocation

Adˊvo-ca′tion

,
Noun.
[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)
The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
Bell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Advocation

ADVOCA'TION

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024

advocation

advocation

English

Noun

advocation ‎(plural advocations)

  1. (archaic) The act of advocating or pleading.
  1. (Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
  1. (Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.

References

  • advocation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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