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What is a petitioner?

What is a petitioner? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) Someone who presents a petition to a court.
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It would be open to the petitioner to apply for a bankruptcy order on the footing that the petition debt remained unpaid.
The petitioner married the respondent, a citizen of Kenya, and the parties had not seen each other since the ceremony.
Were the petitioner to refuse to accept the sum tendered, its refusal to do so would be unreasonable.
About his personal life, he is now said to have six mistresses, including a female petitioner who had sought his help.
The common law remedy sought by the petitioner is not excluded by the Family Law Act.
If for some reason the petitioner did not wish to proceed with the petition, it would be open to the court to make a change of carriage order.

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