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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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)...