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TAKE THE QUIZ“petitionin”
The following 2 entries include the term petitionin.
petition in bankruptcy
: a written application by a debtor for the benefit of the Bankruptcy Act or by creditors to have a debtor adjudicated a bankrupt
petition in error
: an application for a hearing to reverse action in a lower court that is a statutory substitute in some jurisdictions for the common-law writ of error compare appeal
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