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Legal Petition Crossword Clue

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noun

• earnest or urgent request

• attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

• (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial

• request for a sum of money

verb

• take a court case to a higher court for review

• request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

• be attractive to

• challenge (a decision)

• cite as an authority; resort to

37%8 Written appeal in legal matters
noun

• a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

• reverent petition to a deity

verb

• write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

30%9Legal petition to include additional defendants
noun

• A request or demand from an authority.

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New York Times19 May 1985 Across 101
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