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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ev•o•ca•tion (ev′ə kā′shən, ē′vō kā′-),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of evoking;
a calling forth:the evocation of old memories. - Law(formerly) an action of a court in summoning a case from another, usually lower, court for purposes of complete review and decision, as on an appeal in which the issue is incidental or procedural and the court of first instance has not yet rendered a decision on its merits;
the removal of a case from one court to another.
- Latin ēvocātiōn- (stem of ēvocātiō) calling forth, out, equivalent. to ēvocāt(us) (past participle of ēvocāre to evoke) + -iōn- -ion
- late Middle English evocacioun 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: evocation /ˌɛvəˈkeɪʃən/ n - the act or an instance of evoking
- the transference of a case from an inferior court for adjudication by a higher tribunal
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ēvocātiō a calling forth, from ēvocāre to evoke |