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requisitionist

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req⋅ui⋅si⋅tion

[rek-wuh-zish-uhn]
–noun
1. the act of requiring or demanding.
2. a demand made.
3. an authoritative or formal demand for something to be done, given, supplied, etc.: The general issued a requisition to the townspeople for eight trucks.
4. a written request or order for something, as supplies.
5. the form on which such an order is drawn up.
6. the state of being required for use or called into service: to put something in requisition.
7. a requirement or essential condition.
–verb (used with object)
8. to require or take for use; press into service.
9. to demand or take, as by authority, for military purposes, public needs, etc.: to requisition supplies.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L requīsītiōn- (s. of requīsītiō) a searching, equiv. to L requīsīt(us) requisite + -iōn- -ion


req⋅ui⋅si⋅tion⋅ar⋅y, adjective
req⋅ui⋅si⋅tion⋅ist, req⋅ui⋅si⋅tion⋅er, noun
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Main Entry: req·ui·si·tion
Pronunciation: "re-kw&-'zi-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the taking of property by a public authority for a public use : the exercise of the power of eminent domain
2 : a formal demand made by one international jurisdiction (as a nation) upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice in accordance with an extradition treaty
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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