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SCIRE FACIAS , in See also:English See also:law, a judicial See also:writ founded upon some See also:record directing the See also:sheriff to make it known (scire facias) to the party against whom it is brought, and requiring the latter to show cause why the party bringing the writ should not have the See also:advantage of such record, or why (in the See also:case of letters patent and grants) the record should not be annulled and vacated. Proceedings in scire facias are regarded as an See also:action, and the See also:defendant may plead his defense as in an action. The writ is now of little See also:practical importance; its See also:principal uses are to compel the See also:appearance of corporations aggregate in See also:revenue suits, and to enforce judgments against shareholders in such companies as are regulated by the Companies Clauses See also:Act 1845, or similar private acts, and against garnishees in proceedings in See also:foreign See also:attachment in the See also:lord See also:mayor's See also:court. Proceedings by scire facias to See also:repeal letters patent for inventions were abolished by the See also:Patents, Designs and Trademarks Act 1883, and a See also:petition to the court substituted. It is not used in Scottish See also:procedure. End of Article: SCIRE FACIASAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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