📖 Определения и значения для слова petition
📒 a written document signed by a large number of people that asks somebody in a position of authority to do or change something
- petition against something Would you like to sign our petition against experiments on animals?
- petition for something The workers are getting up (= starting) a petition for tighter safety standards.
- to present/deliver a petition
📒 an official document asking a court to take a particular course of action
- a bankruptcy petition
- petition for something Her husband has already filed a petition for divorce.
- a divorce petition on behalf of Terri Jones
📒 a formal prayer to God or request to somebody in authority