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41Petition mill — A petition mill is a fraud in which the perpetrator poses as a financial advisor, sometimes as a credit counselor or paralegal, filing hastily prepared bankruptcy documents in the name of victims who come to the advisor as clients. The bankruptcy …
42Petition of Fifty — The Petition of Fifty (Indonesian Petisi 50 ) was a document protesting then President Suharto s use of state philosophy Pancasila against political opponents. Issued on 5 May 1980 as an Expression of Concern , it was signed by fifty prominent… …
43The Petition of Right — Petition Pe*ti tion, n. [F. p[ e]tition, L. petitio, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather, or find.] 1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer… …
44Petition Crown — The Petition Crown is a coin created in 1663 by Thomas Simon, an engraver. It was submitted directly to Charles II, King of England as Simon’s personal “Petition” that only his coin should be considered as the new format for all future British… …
45Petition to make special — In United States patent law, a petition to make special (PTMS) is a formal request submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) asking that a patent application be examined ahead of the other pending applications in the same …
46petition — 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 …
47Petition to the King (1774) — The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress. The petition expressed loyalty to the king and hoped for redress of grievances relating to the Intolerable Acts and other issues that helped foment …
48petition of right — Etymology: Middle English : a legal petition formerly used to obtain redress (as possession or restitution of property) from the British Crown for breach of contract or to remedy manifest injustice * * * Petition of Right noun A parliamentary… …
49Petition of Right — (1628) Petition sent by Parliament to King Charles I complaining of a series of breaches of law. The petition sought recognition of four principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of… …
50petition — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, address, aid prayer, appeal, appeal to, application, apply for, apply to, ask, asking, beadroll, beads, beg, beseech, beseechment, bidding prayer,… …
