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A solemn supplication or request to a superior authority; an entreaty.
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A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority.
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Law A formal written application requesting a court for a specific judicial action: a petition for appeal.
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Law The judicial action asked for in any such request.
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Something requested or entreated.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.