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advoutrer  (ad-vow-tr<<schwa>>r),  n.[Law  French]  Hist.  An  adulterer.  —  Also  termed advouter; advouterer; advoutre. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad voluntatem (ad vol-<<schwa>>n-tay-t<<schwa>>m), adv. & adj.[Law Latin] At will. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatus fisci (ad-voh-kay-t<<schwa>>s fisk-I). [Latin] Roman law. An official responsible for representing the emperor in cases involving the public fisc. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatus ecclesiae (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-t<<schwa>>s e-klee-z[h]ee-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. Eccles. law. The patron of a benefice. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatus    diaboli    (ad-voh-kay-t<<schwa>>s    dI-ab-<<schwa>>-lI),    n.[Latin    “devil’s advocate”] Eccles. law. An official who argues against a person’s beatification or canonization. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatus  (ad-voh-kay-t<<schwa>>s).  [Latin  “advocate”]  1.Roman  law.  A  legal  adviser;  a person  who  assists  clients  with  cases  before  judicial  tribunals.  Cf.  CAUSIDICUS.  2.Hist.  The patron  who  has  an  advowson.  —  Also  termed  advowee;  avowee.  See  ADVOWSON.  3.Hist.  A person called on by another to warrant a title. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocator (ad-voh-kay-t<<schwa>>r), n.[Law Latin] Hist. 1.A person who calls on another to warrant a title. 2. A warrantor. 3. The patron of a benefice. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatione      decimarum      (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-shee-oh-nee      des-<<schwa>>-mair-<< schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin] Hist. A writ to collect a tithe belonging to the church. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocation  (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  Scots  law.  The  removal  of  a  criminal case from a lower court to the High Court of Justiciary for verdict. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatio (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-shee-oh), n.[Law Latin] Hist. 1.An inferior’s management of a business for a superior. 2. The defense of a religious establishment. 3.ADVOWSON. 4.Civil law. The quality, function, privilege, office, or service of an advocate; legal assistance. [Blacks Law 8th]