What Does at Your Behest Mean?

: because of being asked or ordered by someone A special meeting will be held at the senator's behest.

How do you use the word behest?

1 : an authoritative order : command The meeting was called at the senator's behest. 2 : an urgent prompting At the behest of her friends, she read the poem aloud.

What does behest mean in law?

noun. An authoritative indication to be obeyed: bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, order, word.