Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, a defendant or respondent against whom a petition is brought or filed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
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- noun A person cited to answer, or defend against, a
petition .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The K1 visa is a non-immigrant visa but prior to departure to the US, the petitionee undergoes medical examination and interview in the immigration section of the US Embassy where the petitionee resides - which basically means that a K1 visa undergoes the same process like most intending immigrants to the US.
Global Voices in English » USA: One Step Closer to Lifting HIV Travel Ban 2009
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The K1 visa holder or the petitionee has to undergo medical examination.
Global Voices in English » USA: One Step Closer to Lifting HIV Travel Ban 2009
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Thus, the petitionee who is found to be HIV positive, may still enter US soil.
Global Voices in English » USA: One Step Closer to Lifting HIV Travel Ban 2009
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So you may also want to add that in an exception to the K1 visa (fiance and dependents), there is a provision that states that even if the K1 visa holder was diagnosed as HIV positive, the petitioner in the US may have the option to send in an affidavit that the petitioner is still willing to marry the petitioner even if the petitionee is found to be HIV positive.
Global Voices in English » USA: One Step Closer to Lifting HIV Travel Ban 2009
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It should be noted that the chairman of the subcommittee's parent, the House Oversight Committee - Representative Henry Waxman - is the named petitionee of a new public appeal for hearings on the LaVena Johnson case.
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It should be noted that the chairman of the parent committee - Representative Henry Waxman - is the named petitionee of a new public appeal for hearings on the LaVena Johnson case.
Oversight subcommittee hearing on sexual assault in the military 2008
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It should be noted that the chairman of the subcommittee's parent, the House Oversight Committee - Representative Henry Waxman - is the named petitionee of a new public appeal for hearings on the LaVena Johnson case.
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It should be noted that the chairman of the parent committee - Representative Henry Waxman - is the named petitionee of a new public appeal for hearings on the LaVena Johnson case.
Oversight subcommittee hearing on sexual assault in the military 2008
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X. MAMERTINI I 'fine labore, quod numquam; fine petitionee quod iiemi | ii«
Panegyrici veteres qvos ex codice ms. librisqve collatis recensvit ae notis integris iisqve partim ad hve ineditis Christiani Gottlibii Schwarzii et excerptis aliorvm additis etiam svis instrvxit et illvstravit Wolfgangvs Iaegervs .. Schwarz, Christian Gottlieb, 1675-1751 1779
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It should be noted that the chairman of the subcommittee’s parent, the House Oversight Committee - Representative Henry Waxman - is the named petitionee of a new public appeal for hearings on the LaVena Johnson case.
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