- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- An
election petition refers to the
procedure for
challenging the
result of a
parliamentary election. When a
petition is
lodged against an
election return...
-
Curative Petition is the last
chance available for the
protection from the
compensation of
injustice in the
court after the
review petition is dismissed...
-
decision of a
federal or
state court files a "
petition for writ of certiorari" in the
Supreme Court. A "
petition" is
printed in
booklet format and 40 copies...
- In
United States parliamentary procedure, a
discharge petition is a
means of
bringing a bill out of
committee and to the
floor for
consideration without...
- The
Petition of Right, p****ed on 7 June 1628, is an
English constitutional do****ent
setting out
specific individual protections against the state, reportedly...
- released. Any prisoner, or
another person acting on
their behalf, may
petition the court, or a judge, for a writ of
habeas corpus. One
reason for the...
-
secession e-
petition ultimately received the most e-signatures,
almost 126,000. The
petitions prompted others visitors to
launch "counter-
petitions, asking...
