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Petitory suit

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An admiralty suit to try title.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A suit in admiralty to erty, not the possession. Droitural, not