Petition de droit

L. Fr.

In English practice. A petition of right; a form of proceeding to obtain restitution from the crown of either real or personal property, being of use where the crown is in possession of any hereditaments or chattels, and the petitioner suggests such a right as controverts the title of the crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself. 3 Bl. Comm. 256.
Defined under Petition in Black's Law Dictionary.

I. fr. Inform of proceeding to obtain real or personal property.

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