1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Act on Petition

134271911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 1 — Act on Petition

ACT ON PETITION, the term for a part of the procedure in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, now of infrequent occurrence. It was more freely used in the old Admiralty and Divorce courts before the Judicature Acts. (See Pleading.)