The most effectual way of submitting this to the inhabitants was considered to be by petitioning the Mayor to convene a public meeting for the especial object, and then submitting a definite plan for approval at that assemblage.
Glass and his companions meanwhile had arrived at one of the Canary islands, and having landed, with a view of petitioning to be allowed to purchase provisions, was instantly seized by order of the governor, and conveyed to a dungeon as a spy.
Being able to think of no way but petitioning the king, she gave a person a guinea to draw up a paper, praying that her husband's life might be spared.
In the midst of her confidence, however, she did not abandon her manoeuvring; but at the very moment when she was petitioningfor a speedy trial, she was engaged in a scheme to get rid of the principal witness against her.
A memorial was presented to the Territorial Legislature in 1886, setting forth the imperfections of the existing charter and petitioningfor still another.
As indicating the established residents of the town the list of those petitioning for the charter possesses historical interest: J.
Some arepetitioning the State to dissolve the Union, to disregard the requisitions of the President.
It is not my business to be petitioning the Governor or the Legislature any more than it is theirs to petition me; and if they should not hear my petition, what should I do then?
A common hall was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for the repeal of the duty on coals.
Cozens) had expended inpetitioning the House of Commons against the return of Lord Viscount Stormont and Sir James Scarlett, as members of Parliament for Norwich.
That time is past and she in her turn is petitioning our acceptance.
I confess I have no idea of petitioning for rights.
The archbishop of Manila, I am told, is writing to your Majesty, petitioning you to command that his stipend be increased.
It gives me much pleasure to be able to add, that their success seems certain, and that their perseverance in petitioning Government on the subject of duties, has at length been rewarded, as it ought sooner to have been.
A bill for this purpose had passed the Commons in 1696; the city of London and several other places petitioning against it.
Petitioning is the foundation of all government, and of all administrations of law.
A meeting had been held at the New Hall “for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the further reduction of taxation and a retrenchment in the public expenditure.
Mr. McCullagh, with a view to petitioningagainst the return of Lacon and Rumbold.
Appearing just when the unrest over petitioning was at its height, Citt and Bumpkin captured the interest and imagination of the public with its cogent argument and witty satire.
The peak of petitioning activity occurred during the month of January, and the atmosphere became increasingly more tense as the day approached upon which Parliament was supposed to meet.
To combat Charles' delaying tactics, the Opposition hit upon the expedient of petitioning him to allow Parliament to sit.
Most Tory writers treated petitioning as an isolated issue and directed their attack accordingly, failing to relate any of their arguments to each other or to a larger scheme.
The Whigs, on the other hand, protested that petitioning was the legal right of the subject and resumed their petitioning activities with added vigor.
I dare say the Roman Prefects and Exarchates had plenty of petitioning in their days.
His wife ispetitioning for a separation of her property; but he had gone to see if he can arrange with some bankers to see him through.
Here is Nucingen gone off to Brussels, and his wife petitioning for a separation of her estate.
The first point is in respect to the royal Audiencia petitioning that it be ordered that they visit the prisons of the village of Tondo and of the Parián of the Sangleys.
Adams rightly expected much more from the circular letter to the other colonies, in which he invited them to cooperate with Massachusetts in resisting the Townshend acts, and in petitioning for their repeal.
Independent Women Voters and the Loyal Women of American Liberty all united in petitioningfor a single measure, Municipal Suffrage.
State insane asylum, for which they had been petitioning ten years.
For thirty-five years they have been petitioning and holding conventions and demanding that certain relief should be granted them, to the extent of allowing them to exercise the right of suffrage.
By earnest pleading and continual petitioning during the past ten years women have secured the following: 1.
During this year nopetitioning or legislative work was done by the suffragists.
These were in addition to many thousands sent in previous sessions, when petitioning had been a method of work.
I therefore recommend to the Southern women particularly the petitioning for property rights, because pecuniary independence is one of the most potent weapons for freedom, and because that claim has less prejudice to overcome.
For thirty years the women of Iowa have been petitioning its legislative body for the elective franchise.
In support of his contention he wished to put in the memorial sent by Beatrice to His Holiness, petitioning him, as her sister had done, to remove her from the paternal roof and place her in a convent.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "petitioning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
