SCIRE FACIAS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("scire facias" is a kind of...):

judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Credits