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Petition for stay — A petition for stay is a legal action filed in an appeals court asking the court to stop (stay) the decision of a lower court … Wikipedia
Petition — Pe*ti tion, n. [F. p[ e]tition, L. petitio, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather, or find.] 1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Petition of right — Petition Pe*ti tion, n. [F. p[ e]tition, L. petitio, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather, or find.] 1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Petition — 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
Petition — 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… … Wikipedia
Petition 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… … Wikipedia
Petition mill — A petition mill is a fraud in which the perpetrator poses as a financial advisor, sometimes as a credit counselor or paralegal, filing hastily prepared bankruptcy documents in the name of victims who come to the advisor as clients. The bankruptcy … Wikipedia
Petition of Fifty — The Petition of Fifty (Indonesian Petisi 50 ) was a document protesting then President Suharto s use of state philosophy Pancasila against political opponents. Issued on 5 May 1980 as an Expression of Concern , it was signed by fifty prominent… … Wikipedia
The Petition of Right — Petition Pe*ti tion, n. [F. p[ e]tition, L. petitio, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather, or find.] 1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Petition Crown — The Petition Crown is a coin created in 1663 by Thomas Simon, an engraver. It was submitted directly to Charles II, King of England as Simon’s personal “Petition” that only his coin should be considered as the new format for all future British… … Wikipedia
Petition to make special — In United States patent law, a petition to make special (PTMS) is a formal request submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) asking that a patent application be examined ahead of the other pending applications in the same … Wikipedia
