Legal Definition of Petitioner
Meaning of Petitioner
The person who initiates the divorce proceedings by filing a divorce petition at court.
Synonyms of Petitioner
noun
- applicant
- asker
- litigant
- movant
- one who applies: r relief
- one who files an application for relief
- one v requests relief
- party
- pleader
- solicitant
- solicitor
- plex
- supplicant
- Associated Concepts: aggrieved party
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Translation of Petitioner , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Solicitante and other legal terms is available here.
- Solicitante
- Peticionario
- Demandador
- Recurrente
- Demandante
- Legal English Translation
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See also
Sponsor in the American legal Encyclopedia
Petitioner in the law of the United States
Petitioner: Related U.S. Resources
- Petitioner in the American Law Encyclopedia
- Appellate Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
- Appellate Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary
See Also
Plaintiff (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Respondent (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).
Meaning of Petitioner in the U.S. Legal System
Definition of Petitioner published by the National Association for Court Management: The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction. Also, the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court. The opposing party is called the respondent.
Meaning of Petitioner in Spanish
Description/ translation of petitioner into Spanish: (in the law of the United States/ en el derecho de los Estados Unidos) recurrente (ante el Tribunal Supremo)[1]
Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where petitioner belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.
Notes and References
- Translation of Petitioner published by Antonio Peñaranda
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