Petition
121petition — s ( en, er) hemställan, begäran, anhållan, riktad till myndighet om åtgärd …
122Petition — Pe|ti|ti|on, die; , en <lateinisch> (Gesuch) …
123petition — A formal request in writing addressed to one in a position of authority or to a body, such as a municipal council, usually signed by a number of persons. An application. The name given in some jurisdictions to the pleading by which the plaintiff… …
124petition — see REPEAT …
125The Petition of Right — 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… …
126Millenary Petition — Pétition Millénaire ou The Millenary petition (1603) Pétition adressée à Jacques Ier, roi d Angleterre, en 1603 par les membres puritains afin d éliminer les derniers rites catholiques dans l Eglise anglicane (signe de croix lors du baptême,… …
127Petition of Right — noun 1》 Brit. historical a parliamentary declaration of rights and liberties of the people assented to by Charles I in 1628. 2》 English Law, chiefly historical a common law remedy against the Crown for the recovery of property …
128Petition of Right — noun a declaration by the English parliament of the rights and liberties of the people; assented to by Charles I in 1628 …
