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
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]
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
The person who files the petition for divorce or petition to modify and is able to present his position first at trial
{i} one who submits a request; one who pleads, one who appeals; one who submits a legal demand
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
The party to a cancellation proceeding who seeks to cancel the Federal registration of a trademark held by the registrant in such an action
The person who files a petition with the court for guardianship or conservatorship [Top of Page]
The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction Also, the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court (See respondent )
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
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
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