petition of right

Noun

Meaning

petition of right (plural petitions of right)

(UK, law, historical) A remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Eventually, the Petition of Right of 1628 argued that the King did not have such authority. Source: Internet

Passage of the Petition of Right in 1628 and Habeas Corpus Act in 1679 established certain liberties and remain in effect. Source: Internet

Petition of Right at III, VII. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

petitio principii petition petition for petitionable petitional petitionarily