Scire facias
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A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring theparty proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing itshould not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scirefacias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not beannulled or vacated. Wharton. Bouvier.
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