Sentence examples for cause petitions from inspiring English sources
There are many ways to turn up the heat of your campaign, so it's important to pick the right approaches for your particular cause: Petitions: As the current petition to ban Donald Trump from the UK reminded us this week, once a UK petition reaches 100,000 signatories it will be considered for debate in Parliament.
The sheriffs' departments of both the city and Westchester County rallied to Mr. Bosak's cause, petitioning the Washington memorial keepers to recognize Mr. Smith.
With the tide of opinion shifted against the Confederate flag, some activists have moved on to a new cause, petitioning to rebrand the many streets, school buildings and public facilities named after Confederate figures.
— ANDY NEWMAN More than 1.7 million people have signed an online sympathy card to express condolences for the shooting victims in Newtown, Conn., making it the largest gathering of signatures on causes.com, the social causes petition Web site where the card is posted.
After hearing and leave granted on a rule to show cause, this petition for habeas corpus seeking the discharge of the petitioner from custody under a commitment for contempt was filed.
Most of the money was donated to medical centers for humans, a specific cause the petition says Mrs. Helmsley had deleted from a "mission statement" that was supposed to lay the groundwork for distributing her wealth after her death in 2007.
It began to attract thousands of more signatures last week and at one stage caused the petition website to crash.
South Korean citizens' groups have rallied to the cause, delivering protest petitions to the United States Embassy.
A petition has to be filed with the Surrogate Court, which considers the petition, first formally citing all interested parties to appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted.
By Friday evening, 55,000 people around the world had added their voices to their cause, signing a petition calling for equality for road cycling.
