A demand in writing, or formal request or requirement Bain v. State, 61 Ala. 79; Atwood v. Charlton, 21 R. I. 568, 45 Aa 580. In international law. The formal demand by one government upon another, or by the governor of one of the United States upon the governor of a sister state, of the surrender of a fugitive criminal. In Scotch law. A demand made by s creditor that a debt be paid or an obligation fulfilled. Bell. Requisitions on title, in English conveyancing, are written inquiries made by the solicitor of an intending purchaser of land, or of any estate or interest therein, and addressed to the vendor’s solicitor, in respect of some apparent insufficiency in the abstract of title. Mosley & Whitley.
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