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petition (verb)

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • petition — ► NOUN 1) a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority concerning a cause. 2) an appeal or request. 3) Law an application to a court for a writ, judicial action, etc. ► VERB ▪ make or present a petition to …   English terms dictionary

  • petition — (n.) early 14c., a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity, from O.Fr. peticiun (12c.), from L. petitionem (nom. petitio) a request, solicitation, noun of action from petere to require, seek, go forward, also to rush at, attack, ult. from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • petition — /pəˈtɪʃən / (say puh tishuhn) noun 1. a formally drawn up request, often signed by a large number of people, addressed to a person or a body of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favour, right, mercy, or other benefit. 2. a request… …  

  • 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 [ 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 — [[t]pətɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] petitions, petitioning, petitioned 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. People feel so strongly that we recently …   English dictionary

  • 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

  • petition — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin petition , petitio, from petere to seek, request more at feather Date: 14th century 1. an earnest request ; entreaty 2. a. a formal written request made to an official person or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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