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...

screenwriters, and producers signed a petition, started by Bernard-Henri Lévy, which urged Polanski's release. The petition was signed by many prominent individuals...

The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly...

In 1977 and 1979, several petitions were signed by a number of prominent French intellectuals, doctors, and psychologists calling for reforms to or the...

An online petition (or Internet petition, or e-petition) is a form of petition which is signed online, usually through a form on a website. Visitors to...

The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8, 1775 in a final attempt to avoid war between...

The UK Parliament petitions website (e-petitions) allows members of the public to create and support petitions for consideration by the Parliament of the...

Curative Petition is the last chance available for the protection from the compensation of injustice in the court after the review petition is dismissed...

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...

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...

An FDA citizen petition is a process provided by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for individuals and community organizations to make...

"The Beggar's Petition" (or "The Beggar") is a poem written by Thomas Moss and published anonymously in 1769 which "contains much pathetic and natural...

The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear...

The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts...

reviewed in review petition. The parties aggrieved on any order of the Supreme Court on any apparent error can file a review petition. Taking into consideration...

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)...

Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative is a form submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (or, in the rare case of Direct Consular...

Economic Sophisms is the satirical parable known as the candlemakers' petition in which candlemakers and tallow producers lobby the Chamber of Deputies...

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...

The 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery was the first protest against enslavement of Africans made by a religious body in the Thirteen Colonies...

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...

An election petition refers to the procedure for challenging the result of a parliamentary election. When a petition is lodged against an election return...

In United States patent law, a petition to make special (PTMS) is a formal request submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) asking...

election. To obtain an NLRB-conducted election, the union must file a petition supported by a showing of interest from at least thirty percent of the...

A petition mill is a fraud in which the perpetrator poses as a financial advisor, sometimes as a credit counselor or paralegal, filing hastily prepared...

released. Any prisoner, or another person acting on their behalf, may petition the court, or a judge, for a writ of habeas corpus. One reason for the...

The Calcutta Quran Petition is a book by Sita Ram Goel and Chandmal Chopra published by Goel under his Voice of India imprint. The first edition was published...

The Humble Petition and Advice was the second and last codified constitution of England after the Instrument of Government. On 23 February 1657, during...

believes the asset has a net value. This is because once a bankruptcy petition is filed, it is for the creditors, not the debtor, to decide whether a...