SCIRE FACIAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scire facias mean? 

• SCIRE FACIAS (noun)
  The noun SCIRE FACIAS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SCIRE FACIAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCIRE FACIAS (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)