to petition for divorce
1petition for — phr verb Petition for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bankruptcy, ↑divorce …
2petition — pe·ti·tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition …
3divorce claim — petition for divorce …
4petition — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 document asking court for sth ADJECTIVE ▪ court (esp. AmE) ▪ bankruptcy, divorce, habeas corpus (AmE) ▪ She filed a habeas corpus petition on Padilla s behalf …
5petition — I UK [pəˈtɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms petition : singular petition plural petitions ** 1) a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something petition against: More than 300 villagers have signed a… …
6petition — pe|ti|tion1 [pıˈtıʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin petitio, from petere to try to get or find ] 1.) a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something petition… …
7petition — pe|ti|tion1 [ pə tıʃn ] noun count ** 1. ) a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something: petition against: More than 300 villagers have signed a petition against the construction project. 2. ) LEGAL an official… …
8divorce — di|vorce1 S3 [dıˈvo:s US o:rs] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin divertere to divert, leave one s husband ] 1.) [U and C] the legal ending of a marriage →↑separation ▪ Why doesn t she get a divorce ? ▪ In Britain, one in three marriages …
9petition — 1 noun (C) 1 a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something (+ against): They wanted me to sign a petition against experiments on animals. | draw up a petition: Local residents have… …
10divorce — di·vorce 1 n [Middle French, from Latin divortium, from divortere divertere to leave one s marriage partner, from di away, apart + vertere to turn]: the dissolution of a valid marriage granted esp. on specified statutory grounds (as adultery)… …
