Demand

[L. Fr. demande, demaunde; L. Lat. demanda, demandum; Lat. petitio, postulatio, postulatum.] A calling for a thing due or claimed to be due. Jacob. A claim.

Co. Litt. 291 b.

A thing or amount claimed to be due. Demand, according to Lord Coke, is one of the most comprehensive terms in the law.

Co. Litt. 291 b. Beardsley, J., 1 Denio's R. 257, 261.

See Demandum. It is of much broader import than debt, and embraces rights of action belonging to the debtor beyond those which may appropriately be called debts.

Nelson, C. J., 2 Hill's (N. Y.) R. 220, 223.

A release of all manner of demands is the best release that a man can have, and shall enure most to his advantage. Litt. sect.

508.

Termes de la ley.

See 8 Co. 153; Altham's case.