Contained within Economic Sophisms is the famous satirical parable known as the " Candlemakers ' petition " which presents itself as a demand from the candlemakers ' guild to the French government, asking the government to block out the Sun to prevent its unfair competition with their products.

In the Candlemakers ' petition, the candlemakers and industrialists from other parts of the lighting industry petition the Chamber of Deputies of the French July Monarchy ( 1830 – 1848 ) to protect their trade from the unfair competition of a foreign power: the Sun.

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It is the work for which Bastiat is most famous, along with the Petition of the Candlemakers and the parable of the broken window.

The chancellor of the Exchequer wrote on the petition: `` in myn opinion it is very resonable and conscionable for hir maiestie to graunt in relief of this towne twise afflicted and almost wasted by fire ''.

A petition bearing the signatures of more than 1,700 Johnston taxpayers was presented to the town council last night as what is hoped will be the first step in obtaining a home rule charter for the town.

In United States appellate procedure, an appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law.

The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court's decision.

The appellee is required to respond to the petition, oral arguments, and legal briefs of the appellant.

The second is the collateral appeal or post-conviction petition, in which the petitioner-appellant files the appeal in a court of first instance — usually the court that tried the case.

If the petition is granted the appellant could be released from incarceration, the sentence could be modified, or a new trial could be ordered.

There is a movement to petition the postmaster general to issue a U. S. postage stamp for him in 2011, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Fort Sumter.

The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II.

MSP Alex Johnstone wrote " Clearly, the Declaration of Arbroath is a literary work of outstanding universal significance by any stretch of the imagination " In 2008, the Campaign Group Chairman, Councillor Jim Millar launched a public petition to reinforce the bid explaining " We're simply asking people to, local people especially, to sign up to the campaign to have the Declaration of Arbroath and Arbroath Abbey recognised by the United Nations.

The Crown may choose to grant the petition, but if there is any doubt whatsoever as to the pedigree of the petitioner, the claim is normally referred to the Committee for Privileges.

While the book is relatively short it includes lament ( 1. 8-16 ; 7. 8-10 ), theophany ( 1. 3-4 ), hymnic prayer of petition and confidence ( 7. 14-20 ), and the " covenant lawsuit " ( 6. 1-8 ), a distinct genre in which Yahweh ( God ) sues Israel for breach of contract, that is, for violation of the Sinai covenant.

This is because once a bankruptcy petition is filed, it is for the creditors, not the debtor to decide whether a particular asset has value.

A person or debtor can declare himself or herself bankrupt by lodging a debtor's petition with the Official Receiver, which is the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia ( ITSA ).

To declare bankruptcy or for a creditors petition to be lodged, a minimum debt of $ 5, 000 is required.

In the case of a debtor's petition, the Statement of Affairs is filed with the petition and the three year period commences immediately.

However, in the case of a creditor's petition, the Statement of Affairs will rarely be filed on the same day the court order is made.

36 units is the minimum full-time load, 48 units is considered a heavy load, and registrations above 54 units require an overload petition.

The governor denied the petition as well as an application for reprieve, and Gillette was electrocuted in March of that year.

Because the climate was not well suited for growing grapes and nearby property was not available to expand their landholdings, the Harmonists submitted a petition to the U. S. government for assistance in purchasing land elsewhere.

On April 7, 1848, in response to a citizen's petition, the New York State Assembly passed the Married Woman's Property Act, giving women the right to retain property they brought into a marriage, as well as property they acquired during the marriage.

During the same time in which the team announced a name change as well as change in jersey designs, there was an attempt by the team's owners to change or replace the mascot, Wild Wing, but was halted after a highly successful petition by fans.

Hence in August 1759, a petition to formally separate the two townships was presented, bearing the signatures of almost every freeholder in Upper and Lower Chichester as well as those in Nether Providence.

The American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) has stated that " English Only " laws are inconsistent with both the First Amendment right to communicate with or petition the government, as well as free speech, and the right to equality because they bar government employees from providing non-English language assistance and services.

This covenant was hugely successful in securing support from across the political spectrum as well as in capturing the Scottish public's imagination ( over 2 million signed a petition demanding the convocation of an Assembly ).

Supporting Bradlaugh were William Ewart Gladstone, T. P. O ' Connor and George Bernard Shaw as well as hundreds of thousands of people who signed a public petition.

In 1820, Judson and a fellow missionary named Colman attempted to petition the Emperor of Burma, King Bagyidaw, in the hope that he would grant freedom for the missionaries to preach and teach throughout the country, as well as remove the sentence of death that was given for those Burmese who changed religion.

His petition to end the live sheep export trade has received well over 100, 000 signatures.

They received over 1, 000 names on a petition and, assisted by long-time resident activist Don Harris, they met with representatives from town council as well as the provincial and federal governments.

This development has not gone down well with the Hindu Leaders with the TN Hindu Maha Sabha president K. Srikandan sending a petition to the chief minister ’ s cell and the director general of police, demanding the arrest of rally organizer K. Ponmudy and other office-bearers of the DMK under the National Secutity Act.

The EuroLinux anti-software-patent petition, supported and promoted by FFII, was signed by more than 1, 500 SMEs, many thousand software developers, tens of thousands of software users system administrators as well as a number of scientists, academics and economists for a total of 400, 000 signatories.

Originally CALEA only granted the ability to wiretap digital telephone networks, but in 2004, the United States Department of Justice ( DOJ ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ( ATF ), Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), and Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) filed a joint petition with the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) to expand their powers to include the ability to monitor VoIP and broadband internet communications -- so that they could monitor Web traffic as well as phone calls.

" Some UC Berkeley faculty and students later circulated a petition and condemned the actions of Birgeneau and his administration by saying, " We are deeply disturbed by the images of violence against members of the campus community, as well as the justification and defense of these acts that followed ".

( 4 ) Acting pursuant to its jurisdiction under section c )- d ) of paragraph ( 2 ), the Constitutional Court shall review the constitutionality of laws on the State Budget and its implementation, on central taxes, fees and customs duties, pension and health care contributions, as well as on the content of the statues concerning uniform requirements on local taxes only if the petition refers exclusively to the right to life and human dignity, the right to the protection of personal data, the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion or the right connected to the Hungarian citizenship, if the conditions defined for adopting and promulgating the law have not been met.

He spoke against the illegal canons on 14 December 1640, and again on 9 February 1641 on the occasion of the reception of the London petition, when he argued against episcopacy as constituting a political as well as a religious danger and made a great impression on the House of Commons, his name being added immediately to the committee appointed to deal with church affairs.

This account is apparently supported by a petition for a state pension filed on November 1857 by Santamaría's mother, as well as by government documents showing that the pension was granted.

In September 2007, the High Court heard a further Adalah petition seeking cancellation of an ILA policy as well as Article 27 of the Regulations of the Obligations of Tenders, which in concert prevent Arab citizens from participating in bids for JNF-controlled land.

Having in their possession a petition of some 60 000 signatures, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau, as well as John Neilson, Member of Parliament, went to London to present the opinion of the majority of the population which they represented.

The proposed referendum petition fell well short of the required number of signatures to trigger such a referendum and lapsed on 10 December 2010.

He became internationally known for organizing a petition drive known as the Varela Project, in which 25, 000 signatories petitioned the Cuban government to guarantee freedom of speech and freedom of assembly as well as to institute a multi-party democracy.

Ankarette's grandson Roger Twynyho received from Edward IV a full retrospective pardon for Ankarette, and the petition he submitted to the king in 1478 describes fully the circumstances of the case, well illustrating the quasi-kingly high-handedness of Clarence which was ultimately not tolerated by the king:

Hudak ’ s petition called on the McGuinty government as well as the Minister of Health to stop the Hamilton-Niagara-Haldimand-Brant Local Health Integration Network from delaying the construction of the new hospital.