- A
petition is a
request to do something, most
commonly addressed to a
government official or
public entity.
Petitions to a
deity are a form of prayer...
-
Curative Petition is the last
chance available for the
protection from the
compensation of
injustice in the
court after the
review petition is dismissed...
- The
Petition of Right, p****ed on 7 June 1628, is an
English constitutional do****ent
setting out
specific individual protections against the state, reportedly...
- The Szilárd
petition,
drafted and
circulated in July 1945 by
scientist Leo Szilard, was
signed by 70
scientists working on the
Manhattan Project in Oak...
- In
United States parliamentary procedure, a
discharge petition is a
means of
bringing a bill out of
committee and to the
floor for
consideration without...
- In 1977 and 1979,
several petitions were
signed by a
number of
prominent French intellectuals, doctors, and
psychologists calling for
reforms to or the...
-
decision of a
federal or
state court files a "
petition for writ of certiorari" in the
Supreme Court. A "
petition" is
printed in
booklet format and 40 copies...
- The
Olive Branch Petition was
adopted by the
Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and
signed on July 8 in a
final attempt to
avoid war between...
- up
petition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
petition is a
written request to the
government for action.
Petition may also
refer to:
Petition (film)...
- The
Global Warming Petition Project, also
known as the
Oregon Petition, is a
group which urges the
United States government to
reject the
Kyoto Protocol...