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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Petitory

Pĕt'i-to-ry, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. petitorius, from petere, petitum, to beg, ask; Fr. pétitoire, It. & Sp. petitorio.] Petitioning; soliciting; begging.

An hypothesis is probable . . . in proportion as it involves nothing petitory, occult, supernatural. 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.