evocation

[ ev-uh-key-shuhn, ee-voh-key- ]

noun

1. an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth:

   the evocation of old memories.

2. 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.

evocation

/ ˌɛvəˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of evoking
2. French law the transference of a case from an inferior court for adjudication by a higher tribunal
3. another word for induction

Word History and Origins

Origin of evocation¹

1400–50; late Middle English evocacioun < Latin ēvocātiōn- (stem of ēvocātiō ) calling forth, out, equivalent to ēvocāt ( us ) (past participle of ēvocāre to evoke ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of evocation¹

C17: from Latin ēvocātiō a calling forth, from ēvocāre to evoke

Example Sentences

Cette évocation du bonheur disparu pas plus que des cadeaux, pas plus que les plus doux reproches ne changea rien.

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