advocation

/AE0 D V AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    (archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.

  2. 2

    (UK, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.

  3. 3

    (Scots law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.