requisitory

1. not comparableSought for; demanded.

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

   1621, Thomas Lodge, A Learned Summary upon the famous poeme of William of Saluste Lord of Bartas

2. not comparableSeeking or demanding; requisitive.

   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.

   1823, John Kigan, Remarks on the Practice of Grammarians, page 135

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   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."

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

plural requisitories

1. Synonym of letters requisitory.

   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.

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

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   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.

   1854, Eyre Evans Crowe, History of the Reigns of Louis XVIII. and Charles X.

   Synonyms: letters requisitory