Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scire_facias

1 sense of scire facias

Sense 1
scire facias -- (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)
       => writ, judicial writ -- ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)