petitionary

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

petitionary
    adj 1: of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the
           petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Petitionary \Pe*ti"tion*a*ry\, a.
   1. Supplicatory; making a petition.
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            Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. --Shak.
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   2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a
      petitionary epistle. --Swift.
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