Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Petition, the meaning and synonyms like request or asking.

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Petition in a sentence

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Petition meaning

  1. 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.
  2. A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
  3. A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.

Synonyms of Petition

request call for bespeak asking orison prayer substance subject matter content message postulation quest

Example sentences (20)

About 250 Hindu Americans unsuccessfully tried to submit a petition to State Sen. Aisha Wahab, the sponsor of the bill.

After around 15 minutes of debate, the senate voted to sign TLC’s petition in a show of support for Tufts dining workers.

A group of residents, citing concerns about the Councilmember's past, filed the recall petition in September.

After Mitchell’s death, community activists called for Smith’s resignation, circulating a petition that has more than 4,000 signatures.

Acadian activist Jean-Marie Nadeau, who relaunched the debate with a petition earlier this year, said he is "satisfied" with the report.

A Carson City judge struck down a petition initiative that aimed to codify the right to reproductive freedom in the Nevada constitution.

A Greenpeace petition with the slogan “free the Nippers” has garnered almost 5,000 signatures.

The Tribunal, in dismissing the petition, held that the petitioners did not prove any of the grounds of the petition.

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Cameron Lewis had been waiting for some kind of petition or movement to help the cats when she saw the petition.

A foster parent rubbed feces in her face when she was a toddler and her adoptive father used a stun gun on her, according to the petition.

Alina Durham, mother of Shaelene Keeler Bell, is asking people to sign either the e-petition or a paper one in honour of her late daughter.

According to the petition, it is also unconstitutional to send the deal to an administrative law judge who cannot be removed by the president.

Aggrieved political parties have so far filed 30 petitions before the Lagos State National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal.

The group started collecting petition signatures, then had to start the process over when the language on the petition was changed.

Affirming the election of Gov. Oborevwori, the tribunal ruled that Omo-Agege failed to prove the allegations in his petition beyond a reasonable doubt.

The Petition Clause protects the right "to petition the government for a redress of grievances".

The court also mentioned that no proposal of the Gaon Sabha to file the petition on behalf of the Gaon Sabha is attached to the petition.

Therefore, one can view the dismissal of the petition as merely technical, because the court essentially accepted the petition’s demands.

Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma raised his objections against certain grounds raised in the petition, saying the pleadings have to be “sanitised”.

Since creating the petition in April 2023, Brogan’s petition has gained over 900 signatures.

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How do you use "petition" in a sentence?
An example: "About 250 Hindu Americans unsuccessfully tried to submit a petition to State Sen. Aisha Wahab, the sponsor of the bill." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "petition" from real English texts.
What does "petition" mean?
Petition means: 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.
What are synonyms of "petition"?
Common synonyms of "petition" include: request, call for, bespeak, asking, orison, prayer, substance, subject matter. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "petition" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "petition", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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