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• 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.

• suppliant
• supplicant
• requester
• suer

News & Articles

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• Protection from Abuse Alert from Law Offices of Michael Kuldiner, P.C. (Bucks County Divorce Lawyer) – Recent Decision ...
  Recent domestic case changes PFA procedures by demanding more information from petitioners and greater scrutiny from judges by requiring a hearing on the same day as the petition filed. (PRWeb June 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10718231.htm
  June 17, 2013 - PRWeb
• Yahoo reportedly fought court order before joining PRISM
  The Web company was the unidentified petitioner challenging an order to help the U.S. government spy on foreign users, sources tell The New York Times. Originally posted at News - Politics and Law
  June 14, 2013 - CNET
• Details on American Trucking Association v. Los Angeles
  The petitioner in this case, American Trucking Associations, whose members include many short-haul “drayage” trucking companies that move cargo in and out of port, sued the Port and City of Los Angeles seeking an injunction against the agreements requiring the drayage trucking companies to affix placards on each truck with a phone number to report [...]
  June 13, 2013 - SCOTUSblog

Quotes

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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.