Defn: One who requires.
REQUISITE
Req"ui*site (rk"w-zt), n.
Defn: That which is required, or is necessary; something
indispensable.
God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must
do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.
Wake.
REQUISITE Req"ui*site, a. Etym: [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]
Defn: Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances;
All truth requisite for men to know. Milton.
Syn.
— Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.
— Req"ui*site*ly, adv.
— Req"ui*site*ness, n.
REQUISITION Req`ui*si"tion (rk`w-zsh"n), n.Etym: [Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a searching.]
1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law)
Defn: A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent. (b) (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. Wharton. (c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc. Farrow. (d) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.
2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.