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▪ I. peˈtitioning, vbl. n.
[f. petition v. + -ing1.]
The action of making or presenting a petition.
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Declar., etc. Wks. (1711) 210 They could not be induced..to acknowledge the smallest error, either in the matter of their petition or in the manner of their petitioning. 1769Blackstone Comm. IV. 147 Nearly related to this head of riots is the offence of tumultuous petitioning. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. II. 658 James..had treated modest petitioning as a crime.
▪ II. peˈtitioning, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That petitions; supplicating, humbly begging.
petitioning creditor, one who applies for an adjudication in bankruptcy against his debtor (Wharton).
1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 111 This priuiledge and Knightly honour; Which hauing got by long petitioning suite. 1649Milton Eikon. iv. Wks. 1851 III. 361 Unarm'd and Petitioning People. 1845Polson Eng. Law in Encycl. Metrop. II. 835/1 Proof being given before them [commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy] of the petitioning creditor's debt..and of the act of bankruptcy, the trader is declared a bankrupt. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 4 A pony standing on his hind legs like a petitioning poodle. |