BILL OF ADVOCATION

BILL OF ADVOCATION, in Scots Law, a writing, drawn up in the form of a petition; whereby a party, in an action before an inferior court, applies to the supreme court, or court of session, for calling the action from the inferior court before itself.

Letters of Advocacion, in Scots Law, the decree or warrant of the court of session upon cognizance of the

facts set forth in the bill, drawn up in the form of a summons, and passing under the signet, discharging the inferior judge and all others from further procedure in the cause, and advocating it to itself.