Request

rē-kwest′, v.t. to ask for earnestly: to entreat: to desire.— n. petition: prayer: desire: demand: that which is requested: a want: a question: the state of being desired.— n. Request′er .— Request note , in the inland revenue, an application to obtain a permit for removing excisable articles: programme.— Court of Requests , a former Court of Equity in England, inferior to the Court of Chancery, abolished in 1641: a local tribunal instituted in London by Henry VIII. for the recovery of small debts—called also Court of Conscience : Letters of Request , the formal instrument by which in English ecclesiastical law an inferior judge waives his jurisdiction over a cause, and refers it to a higher court. [O. Fr. requeste (Fr. requête )—L. requisitum , pa.p. of requirĕre — re- , away, quærĕre , to seek.]