petition of right
(UK, legal, historical) A remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown.
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(UK, legal, historical) A remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown.
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(UK, law, historical) An inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.
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(UK, legal, obsolete) Relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession.