Sentence examples for petitioning courts from inspiring English sources

After years of fruitlessly petitioning courts for a retrial, Mr. Sato finally won Mr. Sugaya's freedom after a more advanced genetic test disproved the earlier result.

Every semester, we will likely petition courts before which we have never appeared.

Dorothy DeBorba, 77, was a regular in the Little Rascals films of the early 1930s; she frequently petitions Courts for appearances, and he relents.

As of September, some 4,500 people had petitioned courts to change their marijuana-related sentences.

About 7,000 prisoners already serving time for such crimes would be allowed to petition courts for reduced sentences, including release, according to a legislative analysis of 2013 data.

They allow police or household members to petition courts to temporarily take guns from individuals who are showing signs of violence.

When Californians voted to legalize marijuana last year, they also voted to let people petition courts to reduce or hide convictions for past marijuana crimes.

This includes lobbying government officials and petitioning the courts by filing lawsuits, unless the court concludes that the lawsuit clearly lacks any legal basis.

The alternative is for the couple to wait for two years before petitioning the courts.

This week, in the aftermath of the court ruling, the government is petitioning the court to make Ms. Roberts the sole decision-maker over the property.

But in March 1992, his wife petitioned the courts to end her husband's life-sustaining treatment.