invoking
v.v. to mention a rule, law, or famous person to support your ideas or justify your actions. You use this when you want to show that you have the right to do something.
v. to cite or appeal to a person, authority, or law as a justification for an action or in support of an argument. Often used in legal or formal contexts to activate a specific power or right.
The lawyer is invoking a new law to protect her client.
The president decided on invoking emergency powers to deal with the sudden national crisis.
By invoking the names of past leaders, the speaker sought to create a sense of historical continuity and moral authority for the proposed reforms.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object, typically a law, rule, or authority figure.
invoking to the lawinvoking the lawInvoke is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'to' before its object.