plural of facia

Alternative form of fascia

(law) In English law, a writ of execution issued after judgment obtained in a legal action for debt or damages.

(law) A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time to serve as jurors.

(law) A writ of execution at common law.

(law) A judicial writ directing the sheriff to make the record known to a specified party, and requiring that defendant to show cause why the party bringing the writ should not be able to cite that record in his own interest, or why, in the case of letters patent and grants, the patent or grant should not be annulled and vacated.

(law, England, historical) More fully writ of praemunire facias: a writ directing a sheriff to forewarn a person that he or she must appear before a court to answer a criminal charge of having brought a suit in or obeyed a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown; a praemunire.

Obsolete spelling of praemunire facias

(law) A judicial writ directing that a new jury be impanelled and that a new trial be held, due to some irregularity (especially a procedural irregularity) arising in the original trial.

plural of scire facias