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Court of Requests
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Request \Re*quest"\ (r[-e]*kw[e^]st"), n. [OE. requeste, OF.
requeste, F. requ[^e]te, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L.
requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See Require,
and cf. Quest.]
1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of
desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition;
entreaty.
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I will marry her, sir, at your request. --Shak.
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2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their
request." --Ps. cvi. 15.
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I will both hear and grant you your requests.
--Shak.
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3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to
be sought after or asked for; demand.
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Knowledge and fame were in as great request as
wealth among us now. --Sir W.
Temple.
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Court of Requests.
(a) A local tribunal, sometimes called {Court of
Consience}, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate
the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or
trader in the district defined by the act; -- now
mostly abolished.
(b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as
addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now
abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery.
[Eng.] --Brande & C.
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Syn: Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication;
entreaty; suit.
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