petition
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petition englanniksi
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. (defdate)
(ux)
A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. (defdate)
A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority. (defdate)
(RQ:KJV)
To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
(quote-journal) that this scheme will have on its activities unless the railway is diverted, has petitioned against the North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Bill at present before the House of Lords.