petitioner
Britishnoun
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a person who presents a petition
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the plaintiff in a divorce suit
Example Sentences
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“To date, the Petitioner does not know where the Respondent is living with the parties’ minor child,” the motion adds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
“Respondents disagree with how Petitioner chose to describe the factual background of the matter,” they said in the court filing.
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023
“They vehemently deny that they saw the Petitioner as a gullible young man whose athletic talent could be exploited for their own benefit,” the Tuohys’ filing states.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Yet in the same document of the same filing, Goldstein also wrote: "Petitioner never followed up on The Regents' suggestion about obtaining waivers."
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2023
The Companion presented him with a Card on which it was written, and then withdrew with the fair Petitioner, who pronounced before her departure a thousand benedictions on the Abbot's goodness.
From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
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