Petitory /(?)/

Pet·i·to·ry

Petitory

a.
  1. Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.

Phrases & Compounds
Petitory suit
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.