- 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
right to
petition government for
redress of
grievances is the
right to make a
complaint to, or s**** the ****istance of, one's government,
without fear...
- 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...
-
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...
- In
English law, a
petition of
right was a
remedy available to
subjects to
recover property from the Crown.
Before the
Crown Proceedings Act 1947, the British...
- An
election petition refers to the
procedure for
challenging the
result of a
parliamentary election. When a
petition is
lodged against an
election return...
- The
Ezhava Memorial or the
Ezhava Memorial Petition was a
great petition signed by 13,176
Ezhavas and
submitted to the King of
Travancore on 3 September...
- 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...