3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Requisition \Req`ui*si"tion\ (r?k`w?-z?sh"?n), n.[Cf. F.
r['e]quisition, L. requisitio a searching.]
1. 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. --Kent.
b (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. --Wharton.
c (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an
invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage,
transportation, etc --Farrow.
d A formal application by one officer to another for
things needed in the public service; as a requisition
for clothing, troops, or money.
2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota
of supplies or necessaries.
3. A written or normal call an invitation; a summons; as a
reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Requisition \Req`ui*si"tion\, v. t.
1. To make a reqisition on or for as to requisition a
district for forage; to requisition troops.
2. To present a requisition to to summon request; as to
requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
requisition
n 1: an authoritative request
2: seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it
until profits pay the demand for which it was seized [syn:
{sequestration}]
v 1: make a formal request for official services
2: demand and take for use or service, esp. by military or
public authority for public service [ant: {derequisition}]
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