0 present participle of petition --
1 to make a formal request for something, especially in a law court: --
She is petitioning for a re-trial.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] I think we should petition the government to increase the grant for the project.
They're petitioning for/about better facilities for disabled people.
One pamphleteer had commented on this in 1803 while complaining about the extent of petitioning.
In order to maintain links with the people in whose names the party exercised its power, petitioning, along with other mechanisms, was given particular emphasis.
This geographical proximity to one another and to law-making bodies such as municipal councils reduced the transaction costs of organization and petitioning.
It was merely provided that parliament had the option of petitioning for their revocation.
We posit that additional flattened sculptures and slabs riddled with small circular depressions were foci of sacred activities aimed at petitioning favors from supernatural forces.
Despite its importance, we still know too little about the process of petitioning.
Petitioning also offered them powerful strategies to cope with various problems of everyday life and to negotiate their subordination.
Petitioning mediated between political elites' need for political legitimacy and people's concerns regarding their social, political, and economic experiences.
