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Petition
A written application from a person or persons to some governing body or public official asking that some authority be exercised to grant relief, favors, or privileges.
A formal application made to a court in writing that requests action on a certain matter.
(West's Encyclopedia of American Law).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 some official and signed by numerous individuals. A petition may be oral rather than written, or may be transmitted via the Internet.
(Wikipedia).His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped.
The court rejected their petition.
(COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary).