Definition of "scire facias" []

• A writ requiring the party against which it is issued to appear and show cause why a judicial record should not be enforced, repealed, or annulled. (noun)
• A judicial proceeding under this writ. (noun)

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• "That was a scire facias against bail, and the Court decide that it has not jurisdiction, because the scire facias, as there used is, in effect, an action of debt, in respect to which the Court has only appellate jurisdiction."