petitioner
One seeking redress
A petitioner is someone who makes a formal request, especially to a court or government authority.
In legal contexts, the petitioner initiates a case—filing for divorce, appealing a ruling, or seeking a writ: The petitioner asked the Supreme Court to hear the case.
More broadly, anyone who signs or circulates a petition is a petitioner.
Civil case initiator
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- appellantOne who appeals
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- complainantOne who lodges grievance
defendant · counsel · attorney · lawsuit · court · tribunal · filing · motion
Address to deity
- beseecherOne who implores earnestly
- pleaderOne who argues formally
- suppliantOne who humbly entreats
- seekerOne who looks
devotee · penitent · invocation · intercession · entreaty · plea · imploring · humility
Formal request document
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- filerOne who submits documents
- registrantOne who signs up
- enrolleeOne officially signed up
subscriber · seeker · aspirant · entrant · prospect · nominee · admittee · inquirer
Married partner
- respondentOne who gives answers
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- custodyProtective care or control
- separationState of being apart
filing · alimony · settlement · mediation · decree · marital · proceedings · family court
plaintiff
Civil case initiator
complainant · defendant · counsel · attorney · lawsuit · court · tribunal · filing · motion · hearing
prayer
Address to deity
seeker · devotee · penitent · invocation · intercession · entreaty · plea · imploring · humility · mercy
application
Formal request document
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- filerOne who submits documents
- registrantOne who signs up
enrollee · subscriber · seeker · aspirant · entrant · prospect · nominee · admittee · inquirer · form
spouse
Married partner
- respondentOne who gives answers
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- custodyProtective care or control
separation · filing · alimony · settlement · mediation · decree · marital · proceedings · family court · division
signature
Handwritten name for verification
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- activismDirect effort for reform
protest · rally · cause · reform · grassroots · movement · mobilization · organizer · supporter · circulator
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- advocatesadvocate, activist, campaigner, crusader, defender
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
- letter writerspen pal, pen pals, correspondent, scribes, scribe
- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer
- DelphiApollo, oracle, Temple of Apollo, Pythian Games, Mount Parnassus
petitionergrantor
One who transfers rights
decision-maker · authority · adjudicator · judge · tribunal
- online petitionDigital document seeking signatures
- petition driveOrganized effort collecting signatures
- divorce petitionFormal request to end marriage
- sign the petition
- bankruptcy petitionLegal request for debt relief
- recall petitionDemand to remove elected official
petition, repetition, petitions, petitioning, petitioned, petitioners