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  • 31petition — /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… …

  • 32petition — 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

  • 33petition — pe•ti•tion [[t]pəˈtɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) a formally drawn request, often signed by those endorsing it, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority, soliciting some favor, right, or other benefit 2) a respectful or humble request, as …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34Pétition en 70 000 caractères — Choekyi Gyaltsen Auteur Choekyi Gyaltsen Genre Essai Titre original …

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  • 35petition — [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 …

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  • 36Petition — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37petition — ► 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

  • 38good faith in filing petition for reorganization — Something more than honesty of purpose and good intention; a filing with reasonable belief that reorganization is attainable. 9 Am J2d Bankr § 1527 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 39Petition — A petition is a request to change some thing, most commonly made to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer.In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some official and signed by… …

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  • 40Petition of right — This article is about the pre 1948 contractual remedy against the Crown. For the 1628 Act of Parliament that forms part of the constitutional prelude to the English Civil War, see Petition of Right. In English law, a petition of right was a… …

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