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noun Law.
1.
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.
2.
a judicial proceeding initiated by such a writ.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin scīre faciās literally, make (him) know
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin scīre faciās literally, make (him) know
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Scire facias
has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
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