scire facias

[ sahy-ree fey-shee-as; Latin skee-re fah-kee-ahs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Law.

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.
a judicial proceeding initiated by such a writ.

scire facias

/ ˈsaɪərɪ ˈfeɪʃɪˌæs /

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
a proceeding begun by the issue of such a writ

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin scīre faciās literally, make (him) know

C15: from legal Latin, literally: cause (him) to know

It was intended that the power to issue a scire facias and remove the deposits be real and effective.

Meanwhile, for technical reasons, the quo warranto had been abandoned, and a writ of scire facias had been issued out of chancery.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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