Petitory
Petitory , adjective
[Latin petitorius, from petere, petitum, to beg, ask: compare French pétitore.]
Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. — Sir W. Hamilton
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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