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petitioner
Variant of petition
noun
- a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty
- a formal writing or document embodying such a request, addressed to a specific person or group and often signed by a number of petitioners
- something that is asked or entreated: to grant a petition
- Law a written formal request or plea in which specific court action is asked for: a petition for rehearing
transitive verb
- to address a petition to; ask formally or earnestly
- to ask for; solicit
intransitive verb
to make a petition
Related Forms:
- petitionary adjective
- petitioner noun
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