scire facias
Americannoun
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a writ requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why a judgment, letters patent, etc., should not be executed, vacated, or annulled.
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a judicial proceeding initiated by such a writ.
noun
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a judicial writ founded upon some record, such as a judgment, letters patent, etc, requiring the person against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled
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a proceeding begun by the issue of such a writ
Etymology
Origin of scire facias
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin scīre faciās literally, make (him) know
Example Sentences
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They ordered the attorney general to take out a scire facias against it, and appointed Francis Nicholson provisional governor of the province under the King.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by Marshall, John
The power of displacing the public directors and that of issuing a scire facias and of removing the deposits were not intended to be idle and nugatory provisions without the means of enforcement.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
Meanwhile, for technical reasons, the quo warranto had been abandoned, and a writ of scire facias had been issued out of chancery.
From The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Adams, Brooks
No limitation runs in my favor: the scire facias, ever ready, revives the inhuman judgment, and my second shirt—my first is in rags—is stripped from my body to glut the avarice of my relentless pursuers.
From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton
One was to have the Provost’s patent voided by a scire facias, and the other was to deprive him of all power, authority, or revenue in the college, during his life.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by Hutchinson, John Hely
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