request

request
I noun appeal, application, asking, begging, behest, beseechment, bid, call, claim, demand, desideratum, entreaty, exaction, expressed desire, impetration, imploration, importunity, insistence, invitation, invocation, motion, obsecration, order, petition, plea, postulatio, postulation, prayer, preces, proposal, requirement, requisition, rogatio, solicitation, suggestion, supplication, wish II verb adjure, appeal, apply for, ask for, beckon, beg for, beseech, bid, cadge, call for, canvass, claim, clamor for, command, cry for, demand, desire, dun, enjoin, entreat, exact, impetrate, implorare, implore, importune, invite, make application, mendicate, nag, obsecrave, obtest, order, petition, petition for, plead for, pray, put in for, require, requisition, rogare, seek, send for, solicit, sue for, summon, supplicate, urge, want III index application, call (appeal), call (appeal to), canvass, charge (command), claim (demand), demand, desire, dun (noun), dun (verb), entreaty, importune, invitation, lobby, mandate, market (demand), motion, move (judicially request), petition (noun), petition (verb), plead (implore), prayer, press (beseech), pressure, require (need), requirement, requisition, solicit, subpoena, urge

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


request
When a party asks the court to act (such as a request for reconsideration), demands a right (such as request for production of documents from an opposing party), or asks a question.
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

request
   1) v. to ask or demand a judge to act (such as issuing a writ) or demanding something from the other party (such as production of documents), usually by a party to a lawsuit (usually the attorney).
   2) n. the act of asking or demanding.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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  • Request — Re*quest (r[ e]*kw[hand]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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Request — may refer to: *a question *in computer science, a message sent between objects *Request TV, a defunct pay per view service …   Wikipedia

  • Request — (englisch für Anfrage) steht für einen US amerikanischen Hersteller, siehe ReQuest Inc. die Anfrage eines Clients an einen Server im Client Server Modell Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • request — ► NOUN 1) an act of asking politely or formally for something. 2) a thing that is asked for in such a way. ► VERB 1) politely or formally ask for. 2) politely or formally ask (someone) to do something. DERIVATIVES requester noun …   English terms dictionary

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