Petitory suit

Definition of Petitory suit

(Admiralty Law)

a suit in which the mere title to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, as distinguished from a possessory suit; also (Scots Law), a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant.

- Burrill.

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