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Definition of Facias
1. facia [n] - See also: facia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Facias
Literary usage of Facias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1826)
"Fieri facias. By the common law, after judgment or a recognizance acknowledged,
within the year the plaintiff might have a fieri facias, ..."
2. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1829)
"Scire facias was omitted, and a If vari facias issued ART. ... 193 him, no scire
facias is necessary. § 30. Where there is a change of parties by death, ..."
3. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Francis Joseph Troubat, Asa Israel Fish, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1856)
"(/) In a late [ *1249 ] case, however, where it appeared *that the lessor of the
plaintiff There is no occasion for a scire facias, after the death of the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Judgments: Including All Final Determinations of by Abraham Clark Freeman (1874)
""A scire facias is a writ founded on some matter of record, as a recognizance or
judgment, etc., on which it lies to obtain execution, or for other purposes ..."
5. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins (1835)
"Before judgment against the bail on the scire facias can be signed, there must
be a rule to appear. By a rule of HT 2 Will. 4. " a notice in writing to the ..."
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