Petition
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause. A formal written request for judicial action.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make a request, commonly in written form.
Example sentence: The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
Postulation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of postulating or something postulatedSomething self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument