scire facias noun phr. [sʌɪri: 'feɪʃɪas] LME.[Law Latin = let (him or her) know.]Law (now 
Hist.). A writ directing a sheriff to require a person to show why a judgement against him or her, esp. the revocation of a patent, should not be executed. 
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