Definition of PETITION. Meaning of PETITION. Synonyms of PETITION

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Definition of PETITION

Petition
Petition Pe*ti"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petitioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Petitioning.] To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak.
Petition
Petition Pe*ti"tion, v. i. To make a petition or solicitation.

Meaning of PETITION from wikipedia

- A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer...
- Curative Petition is the last chance available for the protection from the compensation of injustice in the court after the review petition is dismissed...
- The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or s**** the ****istance of, one's government, without fear...
- In 1977 and 1979, several petitions were signed by a number of prominent French intellectuals, doctors, and psychologists calling for reforms to or the...
- on appeal to a suspended sentence. This would have triggered a recall petition, but Amesbury resigned his position on 17 March 2025. Amesbury was first...
- In English law, a petition of right was a remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown. Before the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, the British...
- screenwriters, and producers signed a petition, started by Bernard-Henri Lévy, which urged Polanski's release. The petition was signed by many prominent individuals...
- An online petition (or Internet petition, or e-petition) is a form of petition which is signed online, usually through a form on a website. Visitors to...
- The Szilárd petition, drafted and circulated in July 1945 by scientist Leo Szilard, was signed by 70 scientists working on the Manhattan Project in Oak...
- In some jurisdictions, a petition for review is a formal request for an appellate tribunal to review the decision of a lower court or administrative body...