REQUISITION

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law)

2.
n.

A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent.

3.
n.

A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.

4.
n.

That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

5.
n.

A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]

6.
v.

To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.

7.
v.

To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]