To call away or revoke; to withdraw or recall something that was previously given or granted.
From Middle English avoken, derived from Old French avoquer, from Latin avocare (ad- 'to' + vocare 'to call'). The word originally meant to call away in legal contexts, referring to the withdrawal of a case from one court to another.
This legal term shaped how courts work—when a case gets 'avoked' to a higher court, it's literally being called away from where it started. Medieval lawyers used this Latin-rooted word to describe one of the most important powers judges had: the ability to pull jurisdiction away.
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