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petitioner

puh ti shuh ner

  • n  one praying humbly for something
  • n  someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right

  • Gmail requires the same paperwork plus a copy of an e-mail the deceased sent to the petitioner.
  • That remark conjured up a vision of a Queen Isabella interview with a petitioner.
  • Most of the main ministries run petitioning offices where supplicants can bring the thick bundles of papers documenting their cases that are the telltale sign of a petitioner.
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  • Antonin Scalia in The Associated Press
    Thus, when a state habeas petitioner's appeal is filed too late because of attorney error, the petitioner is out of luck,Scalia said.
  • Stephen Breyer in CBS News
    Petitioner is 76 years old, blind, suffers from diabetes and is confined to a wheelchair, and has been on death row for 23 years,Breyer wrote. "I believe that in the circumstances he raises a significant question as to whether his...
  • John Lennon in NBC 11.com
    The archbishop, in turn, would have so many days to respond. If the response is not to the liking of the petitioner, then they can have recourse to the congregation of clergy in Rome,Lennon said.

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