Evocation
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In French Law. The net by which a judge is deprived of the cognizance of a suit over which be had jurisdiction, for the purpose of conferring on other judges the power of deciding it. It is like the process by writ of certiorari.