petition

Definition of petition in English English dictionary: A formal written request for judicial action; To make a request, commonly in written form; A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures; A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause; A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped; {f} submit a request; appeal, plead; entreat, solicit; {v} to supplicate, solicit, entreat, beg; {n} a prayer, request, entreaty, article; make an official, written application to a high legal authority, a parliament etc , requesting that action be taken It is often accompanied by a list of the signatures of people supporting it; Formal document to request consideration of a proposal to the legislature The proposal, usually a Bill or a Resolve,accompanies the petition (See also Bill and Resolve); a formal written request for judicial action (Law); The application made under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act for the Court to hand down a Receiving Order stating the person is in bankruptcy; 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 government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor; A document requesting a court to exercise a particular function, e g a petition for a warrant for arrest; A formal, written request submitted by an individual or group to some official body or agency; write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing; A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people; A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document; a petition is simply an application to a court seeking a legal remedy of some form, such as a divorce petition or a bankruptcy petition; A request or plea from an organization or private citizens' group is sent to one or both chambers The support or favorable consideration of particular legislation is requested on a matter that has not yet received congressional attention; a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority; The title given to the first document filed in an action for divorce The petition sets out the facts of the case and the allegations against the other spouse and requests that the court grant the divorce or dissolution It also states, in very general terms, what the petitioner is requesting in relief from the court; {i} request, demand; plea, appeal; A formal request, with the support of adequate biological data, suggesting that a species, with the support of adequate biological data, be listed, reclassified, or delisted, or that critical habitat be revised for a listed species See also Region 3 Guidance for Potential Petitioners; Application for court order or other judicial action In juvenile proceedings, a petition is a document alleging that a youth is delinquent, a status offender, or a dependent child and asking that the court assume jurisdiction over the juvenile; If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them. couples petitioning for divorce All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed She's petitioning to regain custody of the child. Written instrument directed to an individual, government official, legislative body, or court in order to seek redress of grievances or to request a favour. In some jurisdictions, petitions brought by a sufficient number of people (represented by their signatures) are used to place a candidate on a ballot, to submit an issue to the electorate (see referendum and initiative), or to exert pressure on legislators to vote in a certain way. In the U.S., the right to petition is guaranteed by the 1st Amendment to the Constitution; formal request, as in: She signed the petition to change the zoning law; A written application to a court asking for specific action to be taken; reverent petition to a deity; A legal pleading making a formal request; A petition is a formal request that you be legally recognized as qualified for a green card or some types of nonimmigrant visas Paper proof that you do indeed qualify is always submitted with the petition; An application made to a court requesting the court to take some type of action It is usually in writing and states the facts and circumstances of the request; A formal request submitted to the Legislature by an individual, or group of individuals; A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer; A formal written request presented to the court requesting specific judicial action (compare Motion); A historic means for the public to have direct access to the Legislative Assembly A petition is a request, opinion or position from an individual or a group that is put forward to the Legislative Assembly for some action A petition may only be presented to the House by a Member of the Legislative Assembly; A written request seeking a waiver of or an exception to a university regulation, policy or deadline; To make a petition or solicitation; The application or paper that starts a bankruptcy proceeding The petition contains the name, address, and other general information about the debtor It also contains a request to the court to give the debtor the benefits of the bankruptcy laws The petition has schedules attached to it containing the information required for the bankruptcy court The petition must be signed by the debtor If the debtor files the petition, it is "voluntary" If creditors file the petition, it is "involuntary"; – a document filed with the court that is used to initiate a civil child protective proceeding The petition contains the essential allegations of abuse or neglect that make up the petitioner's complaint about a particular child's situation It does not include all of the detailed facts available to the petitioner to support these allegations; A formal written application requesting a court, legislature, or other government body to take a specific action; a document presented to a house of Parliament by a person or group of people asking for action on a matter; The pleading which filed commences the litigation in a civil case It contains the allegations and request for relief and/or for recovery of money by the plaintiff; This form is used to join additional employers, terminate benefits or raise issues not appropriate to be claimed in an application (form 6106); pet
petition drive: A petition drive is an organized effort by the sponsors of a ballot measure to collect sufficient valid signatures for the measure they support to be certified to appear on the ballot
Petition of Right: (1628) Petition sent by Parliament to King Charles I complaining of a series of breaches of law. The petition sought recognition of four principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime. To continue receiving subsidies for his policies, Charles was compelled to accept the petition, but he later ignored its principles
petition to the High Court of Justice: legal request to the highest court of justice, petition to the Supreme Court
petit: small or minor
petitioner: Someone who presents a petition to a court
petit: {a} small, inconsiderable, trifling, mean
granted a petition: agreed to a request, consented to an appeal, granted an entreaty
had a petition signed: collected signatures on a document containing a formal request
petit: {s} (French) small, little; minor (Law); insignificant (Law)
petit: Small; little; insignificant; mean; Same as Petty
petitioned: past of petition
petitioner: A mortal who has died and reformed on the plane of his alignment and/or deity without memory of his former life A petitioner's ultimate goal is to become one with the plane he's occupying, although no one (not even the petitioner) knows the whole dark of this
petitioner: A party who presents a petition to a court or other official body, especially when seeking relief on appeal [Black's Law Dictionary 7th ed 1999]
petitioner: The petitioner is a U S person or business who makes the formal request that you be legally recognized as qualified for a green card or nonimmigrant visa The petitioner must be your U S citizen relative, green card holder relative or U S employer No one else may act as your petitioner Almost all green card categories and some types of nonimmigrant visa categories require you to have a petitioner
petitioner: One who presents a petition
petitioner: The person who files the petition for divorce or petition to modify and is able to present his position first at trial
petitioner: {i} one who submits a request; one who pleads, one who appeals; one who submits a legal demand
petitioner: The party who is filing the petition and bringing the action Some states list the individual who is the moving party (i e the obligee seeking support or the obligor seeking modification of an existing order) as the petitioner Other states list the initiating state child support agency as the petitioner, particularly for cases in which the obligee has assigned support rights to the state, since the agency is bringing action on behalf of a party
petitioner: The party to a cancellation proceeding who seeks to cancel the Federal registration of a trademark held by the registrant in such an action
petitioner: The person who files a petition with the court for guardianship or conservatorship [Top of Page]
petitioner: The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction Also, the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court (See respondent )
petitioner: The person who files to have a Personal Protection Order entered by the Court
petitioner: The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction Also, the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court The opposing party is called the respondent
petitioner: Person who applies for the dissolution/annulment
petitioner: A petitioner is a person who brings a legal case to a court of (Hukuk) The judge awarded the costs of the case to the petitioners
petitioner: person who begins an action seeking equitable relief
petitioner: One who petitions a court to take an action; someone who starts a lawsuit, or carries an appeal to a higher court (appellant) This person is the opposite of a respondent, one who responds to a petition
petitioner: A petitioner is a person who presents or signs a petition
petitioner: One who files a petition with a Court seeking action or relief When a writ of certiorari is granted by the Supreme Court, the parties to the case are called petitioner and respondent in contrast to appellant and appellee used in an appeal
petitioner: One who presents a petition to the court
petitioner: someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
petitioner: The company or other employer who signs a petition in an employment case In a family case, the Petitioner is the US citizen or permanent resident who signs the relative petition Sometimes called the Sponsor See Beneficiary
petitioner: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
petitioner: - the person who applies for a divorce or judicial separation
petitioner: The person filing a certain type of action in a court of original jurisdiction Also, the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court See respondent
petitioner: (Plaintiff): The party who filed the Petition (Complaint)
petitioner: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors
petitioner: One who requests a court to provide relief
petitioner: The person for whom the petition is filed
petitioner: The person who files the action
petitioner: The person who files a divorce petition in court and initiates the divorce action In some cases both parties can choose to become Co-petitioners
petitioners: plural of petitioner
petitioning: The act of presenting apetition; a supplication
petitioning: present participle of petition
petitioning: {i} submission of a demand; entering of a plea
petitions: plural of petition
written petition: formal request