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petitioner
/ pɪˈtɪʃənə /
noun
- a person who presents a petition
- the plaintiff in a divorce suit
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Figueroa had further alleged that Castro “frequently abducts daughters and keeps them from mother/petitioner/legal custodian.”
The king, by way of joke, desired the earl to personate him, and ordered the petitioner to be admitted.
After formal evidence was given by the petitioner, the usual decree was granted with costs against Parnell (November 17, 1890).
And I said: Hast thou put off the petitioner as I desired, to another day?
Let a habeas corpus issue in this case according to the prayer of the petitioner, returnable forthwith.
Camilla had all the gratification she promised herself, in witnessing the happiness of the poor petitioner.
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