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Evocation

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In French law. The act by which a judge is deprived of the cognizance of a suit over which he had jurisdiction, for the purpose of conferring on other judges the power of deciding it.^It is like the process by writ of certiorwn.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In French law. The withdrawal of a cause from the cognizanco of an interior court, and bringing it before another court or judge. In seme respects this process resembles the proceedings upon certiorari.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Frenck law, is the act by which a judge is deprived of cognizance of a suit over which he had jurisdiction, for the purpose of conferring on other judges the power of deciding it. This is done with us by writ of certiorari.