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petition definition - legal

n

A formal written request for something to be done or not to be done, delivered to a court or other official body.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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