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English → English (gcide) Definition: Petitory action Petitory \Pet"i*to*ry\, a. [L. petitorius, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask: cf. F. p['e]titore.] Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] Petitory suit or Petitory 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. [1913 Webster]