These are the meanings of the letters PREINQUISITION when you unscramble them.
- Inquisition (n.)
A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.
- Inquisition (n.)
Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
- Inquisition (n.)
The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
- Inquisition (n.)
The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
- Inquisition (v. t.)
To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
- Requisition (n.)
A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
- Requisition (n.)
A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.
- Requisition (n.)
A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
- Requisition (n.)
A notarial demand of a debt.
- Requisition (n.)
A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting.
- Requisition (n.)
That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
- Requisition (n.)
The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.
- Requisition (v. t.)
To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.
- Requisition (v. t.)
To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate.