Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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impetrare
vb. [Latin] Roman law. To obtain by request. ( This word often appeared in petitions requesting a formula for an action from a praetor. It performed a similar function under English law for those seeking a writ from Chancery. The English word impetrate derives from this Latinism. Cf. FORMULA.