An act of demanding or asking by virtue of right or authority; an authoritative or peremptory request or claim; also transferred, the substance…
A demand, a request; spec. something stipulated as a condition of agreement. Cf. sense 4. Now rare.
A demand; a requirement; = postulate, n.2 1. Obsolete.
Chiefly with the: the grammatical mood that expresses a request or demand. Also: †a request or demand (obsolete). rare.