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SCIRE FACIAS
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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)