petition

petition

noun

1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

Synonym: requestpostulation

2. reverent petition to a deity

Synonym: prayerorison

verb

1. write a petition for something to somebody
request formally and in writing

1. 请愿书
A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.

e.g. We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.
最近我们向政府递交了有4,500人签名的请愿书。

2. 上诉；（对法庭的）请求
A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.

e.g. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...
他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
e.g. The court rejected their petition.
法庭驳回了他们的上诉。

3. 祈求；请求；请愿
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.

e.g. ...couples petitioning for divorce...
申请离婚的夫妇
e.g. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。

1. 请求书：对未成年人触犯法律不被称为犯罪(CRIME),而是过失(DELINQUENCY要求审理未成年人的法律文件不是投诉(COMPLAINT)或逮捕证(ARREST WARRANT),而是请求书(PETITION对未成年人初步审理不是大陪审团裁决(INDICTMENT)或起诉书(INFORMATION),

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2. 请求：本来,按照破产法第362条的规定,一旦债务人自行或由债权人提起破产请求(petition),此前针对债务人或其财产的任何行政或司法程序即自动中止;换言之,破产程序具有优先地位.