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Sentence count:207+10Posted:2017-02-23Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: appealdemandplearequestrequisitionSimilar words: competitioncompetitivepractitionerappetitecompetitorconstitutional conventionfactitiousfictitiousMeaning: [pɪ'tɪʃn]  n. 1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority 2. reverent petition to a deity. v. write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing. 
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151. The Board of Navigation has sent me a petition asking me to obtain the ship for purposes of study.
152. Eventually, environmental health officers seized Mary Carruthers' stereo system and speakers after a petition from neighbours.
153. Now Wirral City Lands Executive has decided to oppose the idea after receiving a petition from various community associations.
154. The Ross Perot candidate petition is attached to a name.
155. In May 1990 a bankruptcy petition was presented against Mr Flint.
156. The employers then presented a petition of right seeking repayment of the sums paid in the past years.
157. Nearly ninety homeless men staying at Newcastle's palace signed a petition protesting against the food.
158. The decision concluded a judicial process that had been initiated on the petition of the Interior Minister, Maj.-Gen.
159. About two-thirds of the students in my property law class signed that petition.
160. Quinn went directly to Clinton with his thick petition, minimizing the chance that Justice would open a file.
161. If there is more than one petitioner, then only one need swear the affidavit verifying the petition.
162. Most bankruptcies involve couples who jointly file a petition to have their debts wiped out.
163. But after receiving a 129-signature petition, councillors accused the critics of being shortsighted, calling on them to support the development.
164. More than 20, 000 signatures were gathered by the petition drive, organizers said Friday.
165. One prepares one's Bill and then presents it as a petition to Parliament.
166. His wife, Mary Barley, is reviving the petition drive with financial help from Jones.
167. The board prohibited the petition because it was controversial and would cause teachers to take opposing political positions, thereby creating discord.
168. The simplest protest - organising a meeting or launching a petition - may help.
169. Jun. 805, where his Lordship dismissed a petition to expunge the proof of a surety against the estate of a co-surety.
170. All that was needed was a fifty-signature petition, a special general meeting and a simple majority in favour of the proposition.
171. Organizations representing some 750,000 people, mainly trade unions, also endorsed the petition.
172. They may petition for mercy from the prime minister in his capacity as military governor.
173. Supporters are circulating a petition to force the committee to report the bill to the floor.
174. Discussion on the petition in Congress was heated and for the most part illogical.
175. A petition signed by 1000 hospital doctors will be handed to the Minister of Health at lunchtime today.
176. Greenman circulated a petition for the city to install a traffic light last summer.
177. The group also filed a proposed district map and request for a petition to begin gathering signatures.
178. What does seem likely is that MASSMoCA's commissioners will petition the governor to release funds incrementally to allow construction to begin.
179. It will be the final opportunity for us to pray[sentencedict.com], petition and demonstrate against the evils of international debt.
180. Wiebe said the Insurance Department urged the Corporations Department to withdraw its request for an asset freeze before filing its petition yesterday.
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