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Preferred term

freedom to petition  

Definition(s)

  • The First Amendment right of citizens to request that the government right a perceived wrong. The right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” has its origins in the Magna Carta of 1215, the medieval English charter, or founding document, of political and civil liberties. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Freedom to Petition]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J0FR4VLS-C

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