Requisitory

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Sought for; demanded..

Definitions by Sense

1. Sought for; demanded.
2. Seeking or demanding; requisitive.
3. Synonym of letters requisitory.

Example Sentences

There are two ſorts of these dreames, the one which are called curious or requisitory, to which are referred the drcames sought out[…]

As the design of a requisitory sentence is , to require or obtain the performance of some action , propriety M seems to require that this action be early represented in the sentence.

This act granted requisitory powers relating to "food, feeds, fuels, and other supplies necessary to the support of the Army or the maintenance of the Navy, or any other public use connected with the common defense."

Marchangy, a poetic rather than forensic genius, was charged with drawing out the requisitory; and the little information which he acquired respecting the Carbonari, he swelled out into a pompous and detailed history of these secret associations, more with a view to produce an effect than to establish either truth or the guilt of the accused.

After him followed a requisitory from the Audencia of Lima that he be taken and remanded to that city. This Real Audiencia ordered the requisitory to be carried out.

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