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instancia • peroración • petición
A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
instar • perorar • peticionar
To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
The company, appreciating the crippling affect ^([sic]) that this scheme will have on its activities unless the railway is diverted, has petitioned against the North Wales Hydro-El…
The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.
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