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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Petitory \Pet"i*to*ry\, a. [L. petitorius, fr. petere, petitum,
to beg, ask: cf. F. p['e]titore.]
Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. --Sir W. Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
{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.
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