requisitory

English

Adjective

requisitory (not comparable)

1. Sought for; demanded.
   • 1621, Thomas Lodge, A Learned Summary upon the famous poeme of William of Saluste Lord of Bartas:

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

2. Seeking or demanding; requisitive.
   • 1823, John Kigan, Remarks on the Practice of Grammarians, page 135:

     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.

   • 1933, United States. Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board, Industrial Mobilization Plan, page 85:

     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."

Derived terms

• letters requisitory

 

Noun

requisitory (plural requisitories)

1. Synonym of letters requisitory
   • 1854, Eyre Evans Crowe, History of the Reigns of Louis XVIII. and Charles X.:

     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.

   • 1999, Nueva Granada, “A Deal with Juana García”, in The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories, page 51:

     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.