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de·mand 1 n1: a formal request or call for something (as payment for a debt) esp. based on a right or made with forcea shareholder must first make a demand on the corporation's board of directors to act — R. C. Clarka written demand for payment2: something demandedon demand: upon presentation and request for paymentdemand 2 vt: to ask or call for with force, authority, or by legal right: claim as dueany party may demand a trial by jury of any issue triable of right by a jury — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 38(b)de·mand·able adj
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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asking for what is due, assertion of legal right, authoritative request, behest, bidding, call, claim, command, emphatic inquiry, exigency, imperative request, imposition, legal claim, notice of claim, order, peremptory claim, request to perform, requirement, requisite, statement of claim, ultimatum
associated concepts: actual demand, cross demand, demand and refusal, demand certificates, demand deposits, demand for payment, demand for relief, demand instruments, demand note, excessive demands, legal demand, notice and demand, on demand, presentment and demand, unreasonable demand
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- Rogationes, quaestiones, et positiones debent esse slmplices. — Demands, questions, and claims ought to be simpleII verb arrogate, ask, ask for with authority, assert a right to, assert one's rights, call for, claim, claim as one's due, command, direct, enjoin, exact, give notice, impose, insist, make application, order, present one's claim, press, request, require, urge associated concepts: actual demand, cross demand, demand and refusal, demand certificates, demand deposits, demand for payment, demand for relief, demand instruments, demand note, excessive demands, legal demand, notice and demand, on demand, presentment and demand, unreasonable demand foreign phrases:- Nihil peti potest ante id tempus quo per rerum naturam persotvi possit. — Nothing can be demanded before the time when, in the nature of things, it can be paid.- Judex non reddit plus quam quod petens ipse requirit. — A judge should not render judgments for a larger sum than the plaintiff demands.III index call (demand), canon, cause of action, coerce, command, compel, compulsion (coercion), constrain (compel), detail (assign), dictate (noun), dictate (verb), direct (order), direction (order), directive, dun (noun), dun (verb), entail, exact, excise, excise (levy a tax), force (compulsion), force (coerce), importune, impose (enforce), insist, instruct (direct), levy, motion, necessitate, need (deprivation), need (requirement), need, order, outlet, petition, prerequisite, prescribe, press (constrain), request (noun), request (verb), require (compel), require (need), requirement, requisition, solicit, stress (strain), subpoena (noun), subpoena (verb), summon, ultimatum
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.An insistent request under a claim of right, requiring someone to do or relinquish something to the demander.v.To require or insist on something; to ask authoritatively.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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A claim or an assertion of a legal right or a right to compensation. (See also: demand letter)Category: Accidents & InjuriesCategory: Representing Yourself in CourtCategory: Small Claims Court & LawsuitsCategory: Working With a Lawyer
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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1 n. A claim for money or other relief or the assertion of a legal right.2 v. To claim money or other relief, or assert a legal right.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Peremptory allegation or assertion of a legal right.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Peremptory allegation or assertion of a legal right.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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1) v. to claim as a need, requirement or entitlement, as in to demand payment or performance under a contract. In a lawsuit for payment of a debt or performance of an act, the party suing (plaintiff) should allege that he/she/it demanded payment or performance.2) n. a claim, such as an unqualified request for payment or other action.3) the amount requested by a plaintiff (usually in writing) during negotiations to settle a lawsuit.4) adj. referring to a note payable at any time a request to pay is made.See also: demand note
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
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