request : Idioms & Phrases

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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.
Webster 1913

indirect request

  • noun an expression of some desire or inclination
    wish.
    • I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave
    • his crying was an indirect request for attention
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on request

  • adverb on the occasion of a request
    for the asking.
    • advice was free for the asking
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