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Petition of right
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(Law) a petition to obtain possession or restitution of property, either real or personal, from the Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself.

See also: Petition



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Coke created the first English Petition of Rights in 1627, which foreshadowed the Anglo-American bills of rights.
In further appreciation of Dr. Bonham's case by Friedman, Leonard / Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
In 1628, provoked by Charles' use of such tyrannical methods to crush dissent, Parliament presented him a Petition of Rights.
Bush's "Star Chamber": White House determination to try "enemy ... by Grigg, William Norman / The New American
 
 
 
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