petition

petition
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noun
1 document asking court for sth
ADJECTIVE
court (esp. AmE)
bankruptcy, divorce, habeas corpus (AmE)

She filed a habeas corpus petition on Padilla's behalf.

VERB + PETITION
file, submit
hear

The petition will be heard tomorrow.

accept, approve, grant

Her petition for divorce was granted.

deny, dismiss, oppose, reject

The district court has opposed the petition by the local electricity company.

PREPOSITION
petition for

He can file a petition for writ of habeas corpus.

petition on behalf of

a divorce petition on behalf of Terri Jones

2 document signed by many people
ADJECTIVE
protest (esp. BrE)

10 000 people signed a protest petition.

online
nominating, recall (both AmE, politics)

The deadline for filing nominating petitions for the primary election was Tuesday.

Two million people signed the recall petition.

VERB + PETITION
sign
draft, launch, organize, raise (esp. BrE), start, write

We've started an online petition.

draw up, get up (esp. BrE), set up (esp. BrE)

The players drew up a petition and presented it to the coach.

They've threatened to get up a petition against the plan.

circulate

The company had actively circulated petitions to get rid of the union.

support
deliver, present, send, submit

They delivered petitions with nearly 20 000 signatures to the Senate.

PETITION + VERB
ask sth, ask for sth, call for sth, demand sth, request sth, seek sth, urge sth

a petition asking him to reconsider

oppose sth

The petition opposes the closures.

support sth

The petition supports the plan to rebuild the road.

PREPOSITION
petition against

We're organizing a petition against the proposed building plans.

petition by, petition from

a petition by local residents

petition for

Local government supports the petition for a new hospital.

petition in favour/favor of

a petition in favour/favor of reform

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verb
Petition is used with these nouns as the object: ↑court, ↑parliament

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  • pétition — [ petisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; peticiun « demande, requête » au sens génér. 1120; lat. petitio, de petere « chercher à atteindre » 1 ♦ Dr. Requête, réclamation faite en justice. 2 ♦ (1661) PÉTITION DE PRINCIPE : faute logique par laquelle on tient… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • petition — pe·ti·tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition …   Law dictionary

  • petition — (or bankruptcy petition or petition for relief) the document that commences a bankruptcy proceeding (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) The document used to begin a bankruptcy case. See order for relief (Bernstein s Dictionary of Bankruptcy… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • petition — pe‧ti‧tion [pˈtɪʆn] noun [countable] LAW an official letter to a law court, asking for a legal case to be considered: • He will file the petition early next week. ˈbankruptcy peˌtition LAW when a person or business that is owed money asks a… …   Financial and business terms

  • Petition — Pe*ti tion, n. [F. p[ e]tition, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • petition — [pə tish′ən] n. [OFr < L petitio (gen. petitionis) < petere, to seek, rush at, fall: see FEATHER] 1. a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty 2. a formal… …   English World dictionary

  • Petition — Sf Bittschrift, Gesuch, Eingabe per. Wortschatz fach. (14. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. petītio ( ōnis), zu l. petere zu erreichen suchen, greifen, bitten .    Ebenso nndl. petitie, ne. petition, nfrz. pétition, nschw. petition, nnorw.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Petition — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • petition — PETITION. s. f. Demande, priere. En ce sens il n a guere d usage qu en parlant des sept demandes de l Oraison Dominicale. La premiere, la seconde petition de l Oraison Dominicale. On se sert aussi de ce mot en cette phrase. Petition de principe,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Petition — Pe*ti tion, v. i. To make a petition or solicitation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Petition — (lat.), Bitte, Gesuch, namentlich an den Monarchen, an Behörden oder an die Volksvertretung; petitionieren, um etwas nachsuchen; Petent, Gesuchsteller; Petitionsrecht, die Befugnis, sich mit Gesuchen an die staatlichen Organe zu wenden.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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