`` We, the Subscribers, do agree, that as soon as a convenient Number of Persons have subscribed to this, or a similar Writing, We will present a petition to the Hon'ble General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, praying for an Act incorporating into a Body politic the subscribers to such Writing with Liberty to build such a Bridge, and a Right to demand a Toll equal to that received at Malden Bridge, and on like Terms, and if such an Act shall be obtained, then we severally agree each with the others, that we will hold in the said Bridge the several shares set against our respective Names, the whole into two hundred shares being divided, and that we will pay such sums of Money at such Times and in such Manners, as by the said proposed Corporation, shall be directed and required ''.

It provided, amongst other things, that the Sovereign could not suspend laws passed by Parliament, levy taxes without parliamentary consent, infringe the right to petition, raise a standing army during peacetime without parliamentary consent, deny the right to bear arms to Protestant subjects, unduly interfere with parliamentary elections, punish members of either House of Parliament for anything said during debates, require excessive bail or inflict cruel and unusual punishments.

Fonda was one of more than 50 celebrities who signed an online petition letter by John Greyson in which Greyson said he would pull his film Covered from the Toronto International Film Festival in protest over the Festival's " inaugural City-to-City Spotlight on Tel Aviv ".

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said of the Crown that it " links us all together with the majestic past that takes us back to the Tudors, the Plantagenets, the Magna Carta, habeas corpus, petition of rights, and English common law.

Talos is said to be created from a petition from Hephaestus to Zeus, to protect Europa from persons who would want to kidnap her.

The petition said the men were needed to protect against potential slave uprisings, inasmuch as the county had numerous plantations with large slave populations.

This was codified in the Instrument of Government of 1720 and on 8 July the same year Riksrådet (" the Council of the Realm ") decided, after a petition from the said Estate, that only the city could present nominees, not the king or anyone else.

In his complaint, he alleged that the petition for annexation was improperly filed with the county clerk prior to its presentation to the City Council of Little Rock, that an insufficient number of electors signed this petition, that the officials holding said election were not properly named, and that seven of the 141 persons who voted in favor of said annexation in Cammack Village were not qualified voters.

“ The humble petition of ye Subscribers Inhabitants of ye North part of sd Canterbury to ye Honorable ye President and members of Council and house of Representatives of said State.

It is said that Arthur told his children to continue to petition the government for their inheritance, and in 1857 Congress appropriated $ 30, 000 ( which was a fraction of what was due ) to the Arthur St. Clair Memorial, to be divided to the six branches of the family, with each branch receiving $ 5, 000.

And if the matters are so great, or so much of grace, that the Chancellor and the others cannot do what is asked without the King, then they shall take them to the King to know his will, and that no petition come before the King and his Council except by the hands of the said Chancellor and the other chief ministers ; so that the King and his Council may be able, without the embarrassment of other business, to attend to the important business of his kingdom and his foreign lands.

Malherbe died before the suit was decided, it is said in consequence of disease caught at the siege of La Rochelle, where he had gone to petition the king.

In March 2010, Ressam's lawyer said he would file a petition for a rehearing before the Ninth Circuit Court.

It is said that Simon McTavish made a personal petition to Prime Minister William Pitt, but all requests were refused.

Vander Zalm said he was pleased with the result, but " very disappointed " to learn the province's chief electoral officer would not act on the petition until all court proceedings involving the tax are complete.

Bauman said Elections BC was correct when it approved the petition on August 11.

" Copies of the petition were posted in the saloons of F. Kauper and Peter Greiten, and in the store and office of Peter Wolf, " all of which said places are public places.

In November 2011, The Andhra Pradesh High Court ordered a probe against Chandrababu Naidu. A Division Bench said " we are of the opinion that the petitioner made out a case of misuse and / or abuse of power and also actions of indulgence by respondent No. 8 ( Mr. Naidu ) warranting admission of the writ petition ”. The Bench directed the investigating agencies – Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ), the Enforcement Directorate ( ED ) and the Securities And Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) to submit reports within three months so that the court could further consider the matter. The petition was filed by Y. S.

After he was said to be the first slave to be a priest in the 19th century, Jones took part of the first group of African Americans to petition the U. S. Congress.

When the Virginia House of Delegates refused Pryor ’ s divorce petition, it was impossible for the couple to marry.

In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but the couple soon reconciled and Arquette requested to abandon the divorce petition on July 9, 2009.

A couple of weeks later almost 140 000 people signed a petition to remove him from the post.

Gell had harried Stanhope for payment of Ship Money in events described by Mary in a petition to Parliament This unlikely alliance lasted less than a year and the couple separated in late 1648.

In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but the couple soon reconciled and Arquette requested to abandon the divorce petition on July 9, 2009.

After Anna reported that the couple had had sex in the parking lot of Three Rivers Stadium, an experience they wished to replicate at every major league park, concern developed within the Pirates organization that the " wild-eyed brunette was getting in the way of her husband's fastball ...." Her husband dismissed the Pirates treatment of his wife as " a lot of jealousy and a lot of pettiness ...."' Anna filed for divorce on March 31, 2006, citing an " irretrievably broken " marriage., but later withdrew the petition.

The couple filed an emergency petition with the Tel Aviv District Court.

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

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.

Perceived indifference by the U. S. Congress regarding a change-of-status petition submitted by Guam has led many to feel that the territory is being deprived of the benefits of a more equitable union with the United States.

A petition he has been circulating via Heather Duke, to get the band Big Fun to perform on campus was actually a disguised mass suicide note.

The right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus has nonetheless long been celebrated as the most efficient safeguard of the liberty of the subject.

A petition on Change. org has received more than 70, 000 signatures urging IKEA to respect workers ' rights.

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

If requested to do so by a petition signed by a majority of the membership of the Seanad, and one-third of the membership of the Dáil, the President may, after consultation with the Council of State, decline to sign into law a bill ( other than a bill to amend the constitution ) he / she considers to be of great " national importance " until it has been approved by either the people in an ordinary referendum or the Dáil reassembling after a general election, held within eight months.

This power has never been used, and no such petition has been invoked.

The efficacy of petition in prayer for physical healing to a deity has been evaluated in numerous other studies, with contradictory results.

However, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that certain ballot access requirements, such as filing fees and submitting a certain number of valid petition signatures do not constitute additional qualifications and thus few Constitutional restrictions exist as to how harsh ballot access laws can be.

Nonetheless, in the past, Congress has directly limited the right to petition.

** A United States federal judge rules that SCLC has the lawful right to march to Montgomery, Alabama to petition for ' redress of grievances '.

The second phase which immediately follows it consists of five decades each day for twenty-seven days in thanksgiving, and is prayed whether or not the petition has been granted.

In 1989, Ferrero sought a regulation through a petition, but it was later withdrawn and no such regulation has been issued.

The original petition has not been preserved but the Pope's reply refers to the " detestable custom ... in his land whereby the son of the handmaiden was equally heir with the son of the free woman and illegitimate sons obtained an inheritance as if they were legitimate ".

The organization Girls Educational and Mentoring Services ( GEMS ) has started a petition to end this segment and to call on Joan Rivers and the producers of Fashion Police to educate themselves on the realities of the sex trafficking and the commercial sex industry.

For example, in Florida, a court will not grant a petition for a change of name if it finds that ( i ) the petitioner has ulterior or illegal motives in seeking the name change, ( ii ) the petitioner's civil rights are suspended, or ( iii ) granting the name change will invade the property rights ( e. g., intellectual property rights ) of others.

The Duke pretends not to heed the women's petition, and only after revealing that Claudio has not, in fact, been executed, relents.

* On the second calendar day during which the Senate sits after the presentation of the petition, after the Senate has been sitting for one hour, a " quorum call " is undertaken to ensure that a majority of the Senators are present.

The right of petition has a long tradition in the Netherlands ; indeed the Dutch War of Independence started after a petition had been rejected by the Habsburg authorities, the noble petitioners having been contemptuously treated as " beggars " ( Geuzen ).

A petition has been raised to save the building.