Category:Petitory

Pet"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [l. petitorius, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, Ask: cf. F. pétitore.]

Defn: 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.