A local advocacy group is continuing efforts to collect the required amount of signatures on a grand jury petition requesting ...

Investopedia / Michela Buttignol A petition is a legal document that formally requests a court order. When a lawsuit is filed, it moves through a series of stages before it is finally resolved.

Newton declined to comment on the petition. The petition cites examples of what the authors described as a “hostility to speech” at Harvard, including backlash against Human Evolutionary ...

For example, habeas corpus petitions in California can only be filed if the person is already in custody. In most states, judges will deny a habeas corpus case if the petition does not bring up ...

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