| 释义 |
avocatory, a. and n.|əˈvɒkətərɪ|
[ad. med.L. āvocātōrius, f. āvocāre: see avocate and -ory. Also in F. (lettre) avocatoire.]
A. adj. Recalling, that recalls. letters avocatory: letters by which a sovereign recalls his subjects from a foreign state with which he is at war, or bids them desist from illegal proceedings.
1666Lond. Gaz. No. 99/1 His Imperial Majesty hath sent out his Avocatory Mandates to the States of the Empire. 1758Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 50/1 Letters avocatory were issued notifying..that if they did not..disperse their armies..they were put under the ban of the Empire.
B. n. (in L. form) Avocatory letter or mandate.
1689Luttrell Brief Rel. I. 498 The imperial avocatoria was published..requireing all the subjects of the empire engaged in the service of France forthwith to quitt the same. 1751Chambers Cycl., Avocatoria, a mandate of the emperor of Germany, directed to some prince or subject of the empire, to stop his unlawful proceedings in any cause brought by way of appeal before him. |