petitory
/ˈpɛtɪt(ə)ri/adjective
1 Law. Of a claim: made or established by means of a petition to a court; ( Scottish Law ) characterized by laying claim to something, especially to a title or right of ownership.
- petitory action noun Scottish Law an action raised by a petition in which a judge is requested to enforce the petitioner's entitlement to certain property rights or credit from the defender..
2 Generally. Characterized by asking, soliciting, or entreating; petitionary, supplicatory.
Origin
Late Middle English. From classical Latin petītōrius of or concerning a claim to ownership (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also relating to a request, either from petītor + -ius, suffix forming adjectives, or from petīt-, past participial stem of petere to seek + -ōrius.