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51petition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plea, request, entreaty, supplication, prayer; asking, address. v. t. ask, beg, entreat, request, plead, appeal, implore. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prayer, request, supplication; see appeal 1 . v. Syn.… …
52PETITION OF RIGHT — a petition presented to Charles I. by the Commons in 1628, and that became law by the king s acceptance of it. It sought for and obtained the abolition of certain grievances which the country unconstitutionally suffered from, such as taxation… …
53petition — noun 1》 a formal written request, typically signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a cause. ↘an appeal or request. 2》 Law an application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc. verb make or present a… …
54petition in insolvency — A petition, voluntary or involuntary, for the adjudication of a person as an insolvent, to the purpose that insolvency proceedings may ensue, wherein such assets as the insolvent has may be distributed according to law. 29 Am J Rev ed Insolv § 14 …
55petition — n 1. suit, request, requisition, application, address. 2. supplication, obsecration, obtestation, impetra tion, solicitation, invocation, adjuration, imploration, beseechment, Eccles. rogation; plea, prayer, orison, appeal, entreaty, humble… …
56petition in error — an application for a hearing to reverse action in a lower court that is a statutory substitute in some jurisdictions for the common law writ of error compare appeal …
57Petition of Right — noun 1》 Brit. historical a parliamentary declaration of rights and liberties of the people assented to by Charles I in 1628. 2》 English Law, chiefly historical a common law remedy against the Crown for the recovery of property …
58petition in bankruptcy — a written application by a debtor for the benefit of the Bankruptcy Act or by creditors to have a debtor adjudicated a bankrupt …
59Oregon Petition — The Global Warming Petition Project, usually referred to as the Oregon Petition, is a petition opposing the Kyoto Protocol and similar efforts to mitigate climate change. It was organized by the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM), a… …
60Custody battle for Anna Mae He — Anna Mae He (simplified Chinese: 贺梅; traditional Chinese: 賀梅; pinyin: Hè Méi or He Sijia,[1] born January 28, 1999 in the United States), was the subject of a custody battle between her Chinese biological parents, Shaoqiang (Jack) He (贺绍强) and… …
