петиция — meaning in English

English meaning

• petition noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
• plea noun An urgent, heartfelt request.
• solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.

Senses

петиция is used for these senses in English:

• petition A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance. [from early 15th c.]
• petition (law, by extension) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. [from 1730s]
• plea An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
• solicit To make a petition.

petition — full definition

1. noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
2. noun A formal application to a court asking for a specific legal order, such as a divorce.
3. verb To formally ask an authority or court to do something.

plea — full definition

1. noun An urgent, heartfelt request.
2. noun Law: a formal statement by a defendant responding to a charge.

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