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Webster 1913 Edition
Petitory
Pet′i-to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
petitorius
, fr. petere
, petitum
, to beg, ask: cf. F. pétitore
.] Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Petitory suit
or
Petitory 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Petitory
PET'ITORY
,Adj.