DEMAIN
De*main", n. Etym: [See Demesne.]
1. Rule; management. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Law)
Defn: See Demesne.
DEMAND
De*mand", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Demanding.]
Etym: [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr.
L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to
one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend.]
1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. Shak.
2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. Shak.
3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
4. (Law)
Defn: To call into court; to summon. Burrill.