In course of time these petitions came to be addressed direct to the Chancellor himself.

However, it was denied until 1816, when her petition came before Congress again.

The king made some difficulty in seeing them, but promised that they should not be molested till their petition could come before parliament.

Mr. Fentress's petition came before a jury in 1999.

The first petition came back and the men were turned down.

On October 25, 1774, the petition came before Congress in its draft form.

"When the petition came to her, they had to pull my wife off of the lady that handed it to her."

The first petition came to us in 1997.

So, sometimes, we have an effect and we may not even know about it before the petition comes to Parliament.

This petition came into being against that background.