Demand
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A claim; a legal obligation. Demand is a word of art of an extent greater in its signification than any other word except "claim."
Co. Litt. 291; 2 Hill (N. Y.) 220; 9 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 124; 6 Watts & S. (Pa.) 226.
In Practice. A requisition or request to do a particular thing specified under a claim of right on the part of the person requesting.