petition of appeal

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• 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 — [n] appeal, plea address, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, invocation, memorial, prayer, request, round robin, solicitation, suit, supplication; concepts 271,662 petition [v] plead, appeal for adjure, ask, beg, beseech, call upon …   New thesaurus

• petition — [pə tish′ən] n. [OFr < L petitio (gen. petitionis) < petere, to seek, rush at, fall: see FEATHER] 1. a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty 2. a formal… …   English World dictionary

• petition — 1. noun 1) more than 1,000 people signed the petition Syn: appeal, round robin 2) petitions to Allah Syn: entreaty, supplication, plea, prayer, appeal, request, invocation, suit; archaic orison 2 …   Thesaurus of popular words

• petition — 1. noun 2,500 people have signed a petition Syn: appeal, round robin, letter, request, entreaty, application, plea 2. verb the islanders petitioned the government to help them Syn: appeal to, request, ask, call on, entreat …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• appeal — ap·peal 1 /ə pēl/ n [Old French apel, from apeler to call, accuse, appeal, from Latin appellare]: a proceeding in which a case is brought before a higher court for review of a lower court s judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court… …   Law dictionary

• Appeal for Courage — is an appeal by United States military personnel in favor of the Iraq War to the United States Congress.The group is independent and non partisan, but supported by Families United for Our Troops and their Mission, Vets for Freedom, and Military… …   Wikipedia

• appeal — [n1] request for help address, adjuration, application, bid, call, claim, demand, entreaty, imploration, importunity, invocation, overture, petition, plea, prayer, proposal, proposition, question, recourse, requisition, solicitation, submission,… …   New thesaurus

• appeal — n plea, *prayer, petition, suit Analogous words: entreating or entreaty, beseeching, supplicating or supplication, imploring (see corresponding verbs at BEG): soliciting or solicitation, requesting or request, asking (see corresponding verbs at… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• petition# — petition n *prayer, suit, plea, appeal petition vb pray, sue, plead, appeal (see under PRAYER) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• appeal — [ə pēl′] vt. [ME apelen < OFr apeler < L appellare, to accost, apply to, appeal; iterative < appellere, to prepare < ad , to + pellere: see FELT1] 1. to make a request to a higher court for the rehearing or review of (a case) 2. Obs.… …   English World dictionary