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petitory |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Petitory \Pet"i*to*ry\, a. [L. petitorius fr petere, petitum to beg, ask: cf F. p['e]titore.] Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. --Sir W. Hamilton. {Petitory suit} or {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.