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Webster 1913 Edition


Petitory

Pet′i-to-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
petitorius
, fr.
petere
,
petitum
, to beg, ask: cf. F.
pétitore
.]
Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Petitory suit
or
Petitory action
(Admiralty Law)
,
a suit in which the mere title to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, as distinguished from a
possessory suit
; also
(Scots Law)
, a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant.
Burrill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Petitory

PET'ITORY

,
Adj.
Petitioning; soliciting. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


petitory

petitory

English

Adjective

petitory (comparative more petitory, superlative most petitory)

  1. petitioning, soliciting, begging, petitionary