DEMAND

By SovConn | June 30, 2014

demand,n.1. The assertion of a legal or procedural right.

contingent demand.A demand that cannot be fixed because it depends on the occurrence of a

cross-demand. A party’s demand opposing an adverse party’s demand. See

COUNTERCLAIM; CROSS-CLAIM.

demand in reconvention.See reconventional demand.

incidental demand.Civil law. A plea by which a party other than the plaintiff asserts a claim

that is related to the plaintiff’s suit. • Examples include a cross-claim, a demand against a third

party, an intervention, and a reconventional demand. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1031.

legal demand.A lawful demand made by an authorized person.

main demand.Civil law. A plaintiff’s principal or primary claim against one or more

defendants, contained in an original or validly amended pleading. — Also termed principal

demand; principal action.

reconventional demand.Civil law. A plea by which a defendant asserts any claim that it has

against the plaintiff, or any offset against the plaintiff’s claim. • This plea is similar to the

common-law counterclaim.La. Code Civ. Proc. 1061 et seq. — Also termed demand in

2.Parliamentary law. A request, usu. invoking a right, that must be granted on a single

member’s motion. See REQUEST. 3. A request for payment of a debt or an amount due. [Cases:

Bills and Notes 393–399. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 97–98, 202, 204–205, 212,

257.]

personal demand.An in-person demand for payment upon the drawer, maker, or acceptor of a

bill or note.

4. In economics, the intensity of buyer pressure on the availability and cost of a commodity

or service.

aggregate demand. 1. The total amount spent on goods and services in an economy during a

specific period. 2. The total demand for a firm’s products and services during a specific period.

derived demand.Product demand that is related to another product’s demand.

demand,vb.1. To claim as one’s due; to require; to seek relief. 2. To summon; to call into

court. [Blacks Law 8th]