Petitioner – a party who presents a petition to a court or other official body, especially when seeking relief

petitioner:
(15c.)

1. A party who presents a petition to a court or other official body, especially when seeking relief on appeal. — aka (archaically) plaintiff in error. [1]

1. A person seeking relief by a petition. [2]

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4

[2]:  Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine 
(James Arthur 1871-1949).  Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.  ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.

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