Definition of Act On Petition

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Act on petition
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    An English summary proceeding in admiralty cases.

  • Act On Petition
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    A form of summary proceeding formerly in use in the high court of admiralty, in England, in which the parties stated their respective cases briefly, and supported their statements by affidavit. 2 Dod. Adm. 174, 184; 1 Hagg. Adm. 1, note.