| n. | 1. | The act of calling out or forth. |
| Noun | 1. | evocation - imaginative re-creation |
| 2. | evocation - calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations Synonyms: summoning | |
| 3. | evocation - stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy" Synonyms: elicitation, induction |
EVOCATION, 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. This is done with us by writ of certiorari.
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