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Evocation
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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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61) David of Augsburg's instructions concerning the performance of chants and devotional songs accord with (indeed, anticipate) the hermeneutics of Bonaventure, as he places music in the role of evocator in one's sensual perception of the divine mysteries inherent in Scripture.
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