petition
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 document asking court for sthADJECTIVE▪ 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 peopleADJECTIVE▪ 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▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a petition in favour/favor of reform
verbPetition 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 [pˈtɪʆn] 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
