court of requests

Request \Re*quest"\ (r[-e]*kw[e^]st"), n. [OE. requeste, OF.
   requeste, F. requ[^e]te, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L.
   requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See {Require},
   and cf. {Quest}.]
   1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of
      desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition;
      entreaty.
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            I will marry her, sir, at your request. --Shak.
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   2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their
      request." --Ps. cvi. 15.
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            I will both hear and grant you your requests.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to
      be sought after or asked for; demand.
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            Knowledge and fame were in as great request as
            wealth among us now.                  --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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   {Court of Requests}.
      (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called {Court of
          Consience}, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate
          the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or
          trader in the district defined by the act; -- now
          mostly abolished.
      (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as
          addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now
          abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery.
          [Eng.] --Brande & C.
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   Syn: Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication;
        entreaty; suit.
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