Definition of Petiteon
Pe*ti"tion (?), n. [F.
pétition, 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 Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power,
rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
A house of prayer and petition for thy
people. 1 Macc. vii. 37.
This last petition heard of all her
prayer. Dryden.
2. 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.
Petition of right (Law), a petition to
obtain possession or restitution of property, either real or personal,
from the Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the title
of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself.
Mozley & W. -- The Petition of Right (Eng.
Hist.), the parliamentary declaration of the rights of the
people, assented to by Charles I.
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 government;
as, to petition the court; to petition the
governor.
You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my
prosperity. Shak.
Pe*ti"tion, v. i. To make a
petition or solicitation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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
- to make a request, commonly in written form
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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