invoke
in·voked in·vok·ing 1 : to appeal to as furnishing authority or motive
2 : to put into legal effect or call for the observance of
: enforce [
invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege]
3 : to introduce or put into operation [
invoking economic sanctions]
4 : to be the cause of [the…decision
invoked the final hardship "
U.S. Code"]