Definition of requisition
- n. - The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or
application made as by authority.
- n. - A formal demand made by one state or government upon
another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
- n. - A notarial demand of a debt.
- n. - A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded
country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
- n. - A formal application by one officer to another for
things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing,
troops, or money.
- n. - That which is required by authority; especially, a
quota of supplies or necessaries.
- n. - A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons;
as, a reqisition for a public meeting.
- v. t. - To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition
a district for forage; to requisition troops.
- v. t. - To present a requisition to; to summon request; as,
to requisition a person to be a candidate.