Definition of Petitary
Pet"i*to*ry (?), a. [L.
petitorius, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask: cf.
F. pétitore.] Petitioning; soliciting;
supplicating. Sir W. Hamilton.
Petitory suit or 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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