petitio

[US]//pəˈtɪʃ.i.oʊ//
[UK]//pəˈtɪʃ.i.oʊ//
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.[Law] Application; request; statement of cause of action
Word Forms
Pluralpetitios

Example Sentences

the legal scholar cited the petitio from the 17th-century statute.

the committee dismissed his petitio as insufficiently documented.

she drafted a formal petitio requesting asylum for her client.

the rhetorical treatise analyzed the petitio principii in the political speech.

historians discovered the original petitio submitted to the monarch.

the philosopher exposed the petitio underlying the opponent's reasoning.

his petitio was granted after years of legal deliberation.

the student wrote a paper examining petitio in medieval legal texts.

the petitioner filed a formal petitio with the ecclesiastical court.

logicians distinguish between valid arguments and mere petitio.

the town's petitio for municipal reform collected over five thousand signatures.

academic circles continue to debate the precise meaning of petitio in ancient texts.

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