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 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 award was made by Judge Fred B. Perkins who heard their petition without a jury by agreement of the parties.

A person can also be made bankrupt after a creditor's petition results in the making of a sequestration order in the Federal Magistrates Court.

A habeas corpus petition could be made by the prisoner himself or by a third party on his behalf and, as a result of the Habeas Corpus Acts, could be made regardless of whether the court was in session, by presenting the petition to a judge.

Once vetted, the petition has a limited time to collect enough signatures to become valid and be made into a ballot.

In 2006, Public Citizen, supported by the Illinois Attorney General, renewed its demand of ten years prior for black box warnings by filing a third petition requesting such changes be made.

State legislatures began to enact tough laws that made it harder for minor political parties to run candidates for office by requiring a high number of petition signatures from citizens and decreasing the length of time that such a petition could legally be circulated.

In his biography of St. Epiphanius, bishop of Pavia, Ennodius states Glycerius made " many measures for the public good ", but mentions only that he pardoned " the injury done to his mother by certain of his subjects at the petition of bishop Epiphanius.

In one rescript replying to a petition made by the inhabitants of Tyre, transcrbed by Eusebius of Caesarea, Maximinus expounds an unusual pagan orthodoxy, explaining that it is through " the kindly care of the gods " that one could hope for good crops, health and the peaceful sea, and, that not being the case, one should blame " the destructive error of the empty vanity of those impious men weighed down the whole world with shame ".

In 1897 a petition by the Faculty of Advocates for the establishment of a Scottish roll of Queen's Counsel was approved and the first appointments were made later in that year.

Qualified health claims can be made through a petition process, including scientific information, if FDA has not approved a prior petition.

It was incorporated on February 19, 1818 ( or 1819 ), following a petition made in November 1816 by James Leach and 37 others.

Even though Adams moved that the petition be answered in the negative, an attempt was made to censure him for even presenting the petition.

In the episode The End of Silliness ?, when a petition is made to bring back Silly Songs with Larry, Dr. Archibald reveals to Larry that it was signed by the entire population of Duluth, Minnesota and one citizen of Moose Lake, to which Larry responds, " Wow, Moose Lake!

The third petition in 1883 was successful, by which time an addition had already been made.

The petition made a proposition to subscribe ten thousand dollars to the capital stock of the Oxford and Clarksville Railroad Company.

The town name was changed from Alfred to Mulhall due to a petition made by Zach to the railroad shortly after the land run of 1889 because there were two towns named ' Alfred ' at that time.

In 1810, a petition was made to the Northampton County Court to split the township into two portions ( at the time, the area now encompassed by Lehigh County was part of Northampton County ). The name Whitehall refers to a white hall that was built along the Jordan in the early 1700s as a hunting lodge.

Although many economists, such as George Akerlof, Paul Krugman, Robert Shiller, and Joseph Stiglitz, support Keynesian stimulus, over 300 economists signed a petition stating that they do not believe higher government spending will help the United States economy recover from the late-2000s recession.

Placing a petition for an amendment on the ballot requires a number of valid signatures of registered voters equal to eight percent of the total number of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election, higher than the six percent required for a change in statute.

The LCA included in the H-1B petition is supposed to ensure that H-1B workers are paid the prevailing wage in the labor market, or the employer's actual average wage ( whichever is higher ), but evidence exists that some employers do not abide by these provisions and avoid paying the actual prevailing wage despite stiff penalties for abusers.

Therefore, in most military justices cases, the CAAF is the court of last resort since a denial of a petition of review by that court will prevent any higher appeal.

The petition sponsors stated that approximately two thirds held higher degrees.

During the four days of the petition, A Scientific Support for Darwinism received signatures at a rate 697, 000 percent higher than the Discovery Institute's petition, A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism, according to archaeologist R. Joe Brandon.

Another native of Giao Chỉ named Lý Cầm tried his best to petition, and eventually the natives were allowed to take higher positions in other regions of the Han empire.

This led the people of Indang to petition higher authorities for the conversion of the barrio into a separate municipality.

KAPL then appealed higher to the U. S. Supreme Court and while its petition was pending, the related case of Smith v. City of Jackson ( Docket 03-1160 ) caused the Court in to vacate the judgment in favor of the defendants ( Meacham II ).

Additionally, the FCC denied a petition from Time Warner Cable, the dominant cable provider in Northeast Wisconsin ; the FCC dismissed as speculative TWC's claims that that higher retransmission fees for WCWF, when paired with those for WLUK, would result from LIN TV's purchase of the station, and that LIN's collective retransmission plans for both stations did not violate FCC rules.