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Thesaurus: petitory

Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.

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  1. a. Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
  2. Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. Sir W. Hamilton. Petitory suit or action (Admiralty Law), a suit in which the mere title to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, as distinguished from a possessory suit; also (Scots Law), a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant. Burrill.
  3. Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. Sir W. Hamilton.Petitory suit or action (Admiralty Law), a suit in which the meretitle to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, asdistinguished from a possessory suit; also (Scots Law), a suitwherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant.Burrill.
  4. a. Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.