A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
A formal written request for judicial action.
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
To make a request to, commonly in written form.
A deeply serious and somber prayer or entreaty.
The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.