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单词 petitioner
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Definition of petitioner in English:

petitioner

noun pəˈtɪʃ(ə)nəpəˈtɪʃ(ə)nər
  • 1A person who presents a petition to an authority in respect of a particular cause.

    petitioners gathered about 70,000 signatures for the initiative
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the petitioners win the right to restrict parking, they will pay £15 annually for this privilege, with variations available for guest-permit passes.
    • "They have a problem with the club," he said of the petitioners, "but their solution is very shortsighted."
    • Paying each petitioner 75 cents for their signature, the group has exceeded its target.
    • One suggestion already raised by the petitioners is that youth clubs should be replaced by drop-in centres which could be spread across the city.
    • We have a thousand petitioners who worked on the petitions in this state.
    • Petitioners who live within 500 feet, and churches and schools within 300 feet are automatically granted a hearing.
    • He said he would read the petitioners' letter carefully and would need to reflect on their point of view.
    • If the attempt to block the licence is unsuccessful, the petitioners are asking magistrates to limit the business's opening hours to 11 pm.
    • At least 55 petitioners objected to the commercial.
    • One state court ruled that the neighborhood store is too small to carry the burden of being a public speech forum and did not have to put up with petitioners.
    1. 1.1Law A person who makes a formal application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
      the claim by the petitioner for spousal support is dismissed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The petitioner is ordered to pay spousal support to the respondent in the amount of $2,000 per month.
      • It would be open to the petitioner to apply for a bankruptcy order on the footing that the petition debt remained unpaid.
      • If for some reason the petitioner did not wish to proceed with the petition, it would be open to the court to make a change of carriage order.
      • I have received submissions from counsel for the petitioner.
      • The petitioner shall, upon the sale of the matrimonial home, pay to the respondent, a lump sum of £4,744.
      • The petitioner is the respondent to the appeal.
      • The petitioner must demonstrate that the company has sufficient assets within the jurisdiction to provide a reasonable possibility of benefit to the petitioner.
      • I did not understand it to be suggested that the board had in fact considered and decided on the petitioner's application.
      • If they are successful, the petitioner and general body of creditors will benefit.
      • Were the petitioner to refuse to accept the sum tendered, its refusal to do so would be unreasonable.

Rhymes

commissioner, conditioner, exhibitioner, missioner, munitioner, parishioner, partitioner, positioner, practitioner, requisitioner

Definition of petitioner in US English:

petitioner

nounpəˈtɪʃ(ə)nərpəˈtiSH(ə)nər
  • 1A person who presents a petition to an authority in respect of a particular cause.

    petitioners gathered about 70,000 signatures for the initiative
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the attempt to block the licence is unsuccessful, the petitioners are asking magistrates to limit the business's opening hours to 11 pm.
    • If the petitioners win the right to restrict parking, they will pay £15 annually for this privilege, with variations available for guest-permit passes.
    • One state court ruled that the neighborhood store is too small to carry the burden of being a public speech forum and did not have to put up with petitioners.
    • We have a thousand petitioners who worked on the petitions in this state.
    • Paying each petitioner 75 cents for their signature, the group has exceeded its target.
    • One suggestion already raised by the petitioners is that youth clubs should be replaced by drop-in centres which could be spread across the city.
    • "They have a problem with the club," he said of the petitioners, "but their solution is very shortsighted."
    • He said he would read the petitioners' letter carefully and would need to reflect on their point of view.
    • Petitioners who live within 500 feet, and churches and schools within 300 feet are automatically granted a hearing.
    • At least 55 petitioners objected to the commercial.
    1. 1.1Law A person who makes a formal application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
      the claim by the petitioner for spousal support is dismissed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have received submissions from counsel for the petitioner.
      • If for some reason the petitioner did not wish to proceed with the petition, it would be open to the court to make a change of carriage order.
      • The petitioner must demonstrate that the company has sufficient assets within the jurisdiction to provide a reasonable possibility of benefit to the petitioner.
      • If they are successful, the petitioner and general body of creditors will benefit.
      • Were the petitioner to refuse to accept the sum tendered, its refusal to do so would be unreasonable.
      • It would be open to the petitioner to apply for a bankruptcy order on the footing that the petition debt remained unpaid.
      • I did not understand it to be suggested that the board had in fact considered and decided on the petitioner's application.
      • The petitioner shall, upon the sale of the matrimonial home, pay to the respondent, a lump sum of £4,744.
      • The petitioner is the respondent to the appeal.
      • The petitioner is ordered to pay spousal support to the respondent in the amount of $2,000 per month.
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