Remonstrance
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A petition to a court or deliberative or legislative body, in which those who have signed it request that something which it is in contemplation to perform shall not be done.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A formal protest petitioning a board, council or legislature against a proposed measure.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A petition to a court or deliberative or legislative body, in which those who have signed it request that something which is in contemplation to perforin shall not be done.