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noun

Requisition n.

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

(a)

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

(b)

(Law) A notarial demand of a debt.

(c)

(Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.

(d)

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

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

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

verb

Requisition v. t.

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

To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. (Eng.)

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