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‖ scire facias Law.|ˈsaɪəriː ˈfeɪʃɪæs|
[Subst. use of the Law Latin phrase scīre facias, ‘do (him) to wit’, the characteristic words of the writ.]
A judicial writ, requiring the sheriff to do the party concerned to wit that he should come before the Court to ‘show cause’ why execution should not be taken against him, or why letters patent, such as a charter, should not be revoked. Often abbreviated sci. fa.
In England now practically superseded by other forms of procedure for most purposes, except the revocation of royal charters.
144.Rolls of Parlt. V. 111/1 And he..be admitted therto, and have for his action in this case, a scire fac' ayenst hym that offendith ayenst this Ordenaunce. 1456Coventry Leetbk. 295 And thei to haue for the seid forfatores seueral Scire facias vpon this mater ayenst suche as offenden. 1544tr. Nat. Brevium 176 In these cases a man shal haue a scire facias within the yere. 1641Argts. Hutton & Croke title-p., A Scire facias brought by the Kings Majesty, in the Court of Exchequer, against John Hampden Esquire. 1688Shadwell Sq. Alsatia i. 5 Put the Case you are indebted to me 20l. upon a Scire facias. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 48 It's jurisdiction is to hold plea upon a scire facias to repeal and cancel the king's letters patent [etc.]. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 73 He may recover the debt out of the goods of the cognizor, by a scire facias, or take his body. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxxi. 279 The power..to bring a chartered colony, by a scire facias, before the English tribunals. |