petition : Idioms & Phrases


Petition of right

  • (Law), a petition to obtain possession or restitution of property, either real or personal, from the Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself. Mozley & W.
Webster 1913

The Petition of Right

  • (Eng. Hist.), the parliamentary declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by Charles I.
Webster 1913