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Demand [fr. demando, fr. mando, Lat., manudare, to hand-give; mander, Fr., to send for], a claim, a challenging, the asking of anything with authority, a calling upon a person for anything due. It is either in deed, written or verbal, as a demand for rent, or an application for payment of a debt; or in law, as an entry on land, distraining for rent, bringing an action. See DETINUE; LIMITATIONS.

The word 'demand' ordinarily means something more than what is due; it means something which has been demanded called for or asked for. The word 'demand' in the collocation of words in which it has been used can only mean 'in excess of one year's municipal tax or other dues', Mangoo Singh v. Election Tribunal, AIR 1957 SC 871 (874, 875): 1958 SCR 418. [U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916 (2 of 1916), s. 13D(g) & 168]