Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer called supplication.
In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to an official and signed by numerous individuals. A petition may be oral rather than written, or may be transmitted via the Internet.
Legal
Petition can also be the title of a legal pleading that initiates a legal case. The initial pleading in a civil lawsuit that seeks only money (damages) might be called (in most U.S. courts) a complaint. An initial pleading in a lawsuit that seeks non-monetary or "equitable" relief, such as a request for a writ of mandamus or habeas corpus, custody of a child, or probate of a will, is instead called a petition.
Act on petition is a "summary process" used in probate, ecclesiastical and divorce cases, designed to handle matters which are too complex for simple motion. The parties in a case exchange pleadings until a cause for a hearing is settled.[1][2] Black's Law Dictionary specifies it as an obsolete method used in admiralty cases.[3] In the United States, the "act on petition" has been used in maritime cases.[4]
Early history
The first documented petitions were made by slaves building pyramids in Ancient Egypt who petitioned for better working conditions.[5]
In pre-modern
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Modern use
Petitions are commonly used in the U.S. to qualify candidates for public office to appear on a ballot; while anyone can be a
Other types of petitions include those that sought to free
Recent research by the sociocultural psychologist, Chana Etengoff, has highlighted the therapeutic benefits of petitioning including meaning-making, social action, agency and empowerment.[9]
See also
- City council[10]
- Motion (legal)
- Motion for leave
- Online petition
- Special Leave Petitions in India
References
- ^ Proceedings by petition Doctors Commons: Its Courts and Registries, with a Treatise on Probate Court Business; George Jarvis Foster; Reeves, 1869 pg 105
- ^ A Dictionary of American and English Law: With Definitions of the Technical Terms of the Canon and Civil Laws. Also, Containing a Full Collection of Latin Maxims, and Citations of Upwards of Forty Thousand Reported Cases in which Words and Phrases Have Been Judicially Defined Or Construed, Volume 1 Stewart Rapalje, Robert Linn Lawrence; Frederick D. Linn & Company, 1888 pg 19
- ^ A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : and Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations Henry Campbell Black; West Publishing Company, 1910 pg 22
- ^ United States Law Review, Volume 17 Little, Brown, 1883 pg 543
- ^ a b c Cheung, Helier (2019-03-26). "Brexit debate: Do petitions ever work?". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-22154-3.
- ^ "Origins and growth of Parliament". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Flight attendant launches petition drive to replace American Airlines executives Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine By Terry Maxon, Fri., Feb. 17, 2012 Dallas Morning News
- S2CID 40419307.
- ^ Petitions being an important citizen tool in Glasgow's City Council
External links
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