How to pronounce“petition”in English
nounthey're called amicus briefs in addition to the briefs of the parties and somebody wanting to file one files a
petition with the court asking permission to file an amicus brief and if there are no objections and it's a
timely request the court allows it in many of the tough cases those involving some new principle of law you're going
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Definitions of “petition”
A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
“We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.”
A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
“The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.”
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