Legal demand
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 55 U.S. 575 - Uriah Boyden v. Edmund Burke · 1852Most cited · 31 citing opinions
Patents are public records. All persons are bound to take notice of their contents, and consequently should have a right to obtain copies of them.… Where there is a right on the one side, and a corresponding duty imposed on the other, a refusal to perform such duty, on the reasonable request of the party entitled to demand it, will subject the officer to an action. But the party entitled to such services must request it in a proper manner. He has no right to accompany his demand with personal insult, or vulgar abuse of the officer. Those to whom the people have committed high trusts, are entitled at least to common courtesy, and are not bound to submit to the insolence or ill temper of those who disregard the decencies of social intercourse. A demand, accompanied with rudeness and insult, is not a legal demand.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A demand properly made, as to form, time, and place, by a person lawfully authorized. Foss v. Norris, 70 Me. 118.
Defined under Demand in Black's Law Dictionary.