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The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.

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  1. n. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
  2. n. Advowson.
  3. n. The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
  4. 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.
  5. The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to thesupreme court. Bell.
  6. n. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. n. Advowson. n. The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.