| 单词 | petition |
| 释义 | petition n. & v. --n 1. a supplication or request. 2. a formal written request, esp. one signed by many people, appealing to authority in some cause. 3. Law an application to a court for a writ etc. --v 1. tr. make or address a petition to (petition your MP). 2. intr. (often foll. by for, to) appeal earnestly or humbly. Phrases and idioms Petition of Right 1. hist. a parliamentary declaration of rights and liberties of the people assented to by Charles I in 1628. 2. Law a common-law remedy against the crown for the recovery of property. Derivatives petitionable adj. petitionary adj. petitioner n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L petitio -onis |
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