Act On Petition
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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.