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01. We signed a [petition] asking the government to outlaw the hunting of grizzly bears until an accurate count of their numbers has been made.
02. My uncle in Idaho would like to [petition] my grandmother in Mexico to come to the U.S.
03. A citizen's group presented a [petition] to the government urging them to preserve the virgin forest as a park.
04. The suspect's lawyers have filed a [petition] for all charges to be dropped due to a lack of concrete evidence.
05. The father of the children is [petitioning] the courts to allow him joint custody now that his financial situation has improved.
06. Students at the university are circulating a [petition] asking the government to freeze tuition fees at current levels.
07. The company filed a bankruptcy [petition] to stop collection and enforcement actions by their creditors.
08. The government was presented with a [petition] signed by over 250,000 people.
09. A local cycling group is circulating a [petition] asking the government to install more bike routes throughout the city.
10. It is easy to sign a [petition] in support of a cause, but it is much more effective to spend a little time working on finding a solution to the problem.
11. The American softwood lumber industry is [petitioning] their government to increase tariffs on Canadian softwood products for what it considers unfair trade practices.
12. In 1956, Julius Nyerere [petitioned] for Tanganyika's independence in a speech to the United Nations.
13. Woodrow Wilson once observed that in the Lord's Prayer, the first [petition] is for daily bread; no one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

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  • pétition — [ petisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; peticiun « demande, requête » au sens génér. 1120; lat. petitio, de petere « chercher à atteindre » 1 ♦ Dr. Requête, réclamation faite en justice. 2 ♦ (1661) PÉTITION DE PRINCIPE : faute logique par laquelle on tient… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • petition — pe·ti·tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition …   Law dictionary

  • petition — (or bankruptcy petition or petition for relief) the document that commences a bankruptcy proceeding (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) The document used to begin a bankruptcy case. See order for relief (Bernstein s Dictionary of Bankruptcy… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • petition — pe‧ti‧tion [pˈtɪʆn] noun [countable] LAW an official letter to a law court, asking for a legal case to be considered: • He will file the petition early next week. ˈbankruptcy peˌtition LAW when a person or business that is owed money asks a… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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 to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • petition — [pə tish′ən] n. [OFr < L petitio (gen. petitionis) < petere, to seek, rush at, fall: see FEATHER] 1. a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty 2. a formal… …   English World dictionary

  • Petition — Sf Bittschrift, Gesuch, Eingabe per. Wortschatz fach. (14. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. petītio ( ōnis), zu l. petere zu erreichen suchen, greifen, bitten .    Ebenso nndl. petitie, ne. petition, nfrz. pétition, nschw. petition, nnorw.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Petition — Pe*ti tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petitioning}.] To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • petition — PETITION. s. f. Demande, priere. En ce sens il n a guere d usage qu en parlant des sept demandes de l Oraison Dominicale. La premiere, la seconde petition de l Oraison Dominicale. On se sert aussi de ce mot en cette phrase. Petition de principe,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Petition — Pe*ti tion, v. i. To make a petition or solicitation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Petition — (lat.), Bitte, Gesuch, namentlich an den Monarchen, an Behörden oder an die Volksvertretung; petitionieren, um etwas nachsuchen; Petent, Gesuchsteller; Petitionsrecht, die Befugnis, sich mit Gesuchen an die staatlichen Organe zu wenden.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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