PETITORY

Pet″i‐to‐ry (?), a. [[L. petitorius, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask: cf. F. pétitore.]] Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. Sir W. Hamilton. Petitory suit or action (Admiralty Law), a suit in which the mere title to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, as distinguished from a possessory suit; also (Scots Law), a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant. Burrill.