noun
definition
Someone who presents a petition to a court.
Examples of petitioner in a Sentence
Furthermore, the cause of action must have been recognized in the jurisdiction in which the petitioner resided at the time it arose.
By signing the form, the Petitioner is making a statement under oath.
The petitioner may apply for the decree to be made absolute.
If the Petitioner is successful in his or her application for reduction of alimony, then the judge will change the amount of alimony to be paid.
As far as possible he saw to everything personally, and never sent away a petitioner of the lower orders.
As soon as a divorce has been granted the plaintiff may marry again, but the defendant is not permitted to marry within the state any one except the plaintiff until five years have elapsed, and then only in case the court permits it because of the petitioner's uniformly good conduct in the meantime.
One petitioner even kneeled down in front of the Freeholders begging them to relent on the issue.
The petitioner is a transsexual woman who went through a ceremony of marriage with a man in 1981.
It is a crime to make a false statement and by doing so, the Petitioner may be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment.
Each petition is throughly explained and when filled in, it is sent to the petitioner's two United States Senators and Congressional Representative.
Civil litigation cannot be pursued if the petitioner accepts an award under the VICP.
The attorneygeneral, to whom the petition to the king was referred, reported that the petitioner had a " good and legal right and title to the lands."
If you file the Petition, you are the Petitioner and your spouse is the Respondent.
If you are the petitioner, you must be a legal resident of Alaska at the time of filing.
The information required to complete the form includes names of parents and children, birthdates, current parental relationship and the type of custody the petitioner seeks.
Failure to do so means that the petitioner (the person seeking the divorce) can get a default judgment, which means the divorce will be granted based on the information set out in the petition.
But I have come to you, Prince, as a petitioner on behalf of this young man.