REQUISITION

requisition (rek-w[schwa]-zish-[schwa]n), n. 1. An authoritative, formal demand (a state governor’s requisition for another state’s surrender of a fugitive). [Cases: Extradition and Detainers 34.] 2. A governmental seizure of property (the state’s requisition of the shopping center during the weather emergency). See TAKING(2). — requisition, vb.