Petitio

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  petitio \petitio\ n. (Rhetoric, Logic)
     The fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises;
     begging the question.
  
     Syn: petitio principii.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  petitio
       n : the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the
           premises; begging the question [syn: {petitio principii}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PETITION. An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the 
  person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom 
  it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, 
  which the latter has the right to give. 
       2. By the constitution of the United States the right "to petition the 
  government for a redress of grievances," is secured to the people. Amend. 
  Art. 1. 
       3. Petitions are frequently presented to the courts in order to bring 
  some matters before them. It is a general rule, in such cases, that an 
  affidavit should be made that the facts therein contained are true as far as 
  known to the petitioner, and that those facts which he states as knowing 
  from others be believes to be true.