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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.