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• petition — pe‧ti‧tion [pˈtɪʆn] noun [countable] LAW an official letter to a law court, asking for a legal case to be considered: • He will file the petition early next week. ˈbankruptcy peˌtition LAW when a person or business that is owed money asks a… …   Financial and business terms

• File — File, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filing}.] 1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• petition — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 document asking court for sth ADJECTIVE ▪ court (esp. AmE) ▪ bankruptcy, divorce, habeas corpus (AmE) ▪ She filed a habeas corpus petition on Padilla s behalf …   Collocations dictionary

• file — /faɪl/ noun 1. a cardboard holder for documents, which can fit in the drawer of a filing cabinet ● Put these letters in the customer file. ● Look in the file marked ‘Scottish sales’. 2. documents kept for reference ♦ to place something on file to …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• petition — I UK [pəˈtɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms petition : singular petition plural petitions ** 1) a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something petition against: More than 300 villagers have signed a… …   English dictionary

• petition — pe|ti|tion1 [pıˈtıʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin petitio, from petere to try to get or find ] 1.) a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something petition… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• petition — pe|ti|tion1 [ pə tıʃn ] noun count ** 1. ) a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something: petition against: More than 300 villagers have signed a petition against the construction project. 2. ) LEGAL an official… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• petition — 1 noun (C) 1 a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something (+ against): They wanted me to sign a petition against experiments on animals. | draw up a petition: Local residents have… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• file — 1 vb filed, fil·ing vt 1 a: to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records esp. as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding filed a tax return a financing… …   Law dictionary

• petition — pe·ti·tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition …   Law dictionary

• file for — index petition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary