advocation

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

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