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petition
A notice that an individual or entity (a petitioner) within the Empowered Community uses to raise a formal objection to an action taken or not taken by the ICANN Board. Petitioners submit petitions using the formal process defined by the Supporting Organization (SO) or Advisory Committee (AC) to which they belong. If the SO or AC accepts the petition, it must submit it to the ICANN Board within the timeframe specified by the ICANN Bylaws.