Bill Of Advocation
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. A petition in writing, by which a party to a cause applies to the supreme court to call the action out of the inferior court to itself.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Scotch) A petition praying to the supreme court to transfer to it a cause from a lower court.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch practice. A bill by which the judgment of an inferior court is appealed from, or brought under review of a superior. Bell.
Defined under Bill in Black's Law Dictionary.