\Pet"i*to*ry\, a. [L. petitorius, fr. petere, petitum,
to beg, ask: cf. F. p['e]titore.]
Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. --Sir W. Hamilton.
{Petitory suit} or {action} (Admiralty Law), a suit in which
   the mere title to property is litigated and sought to be
   enforced, as distinguished from a possessory suit; also
   (Scots Law), a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something
   as due him by the defendant. --Burrill.