/suy"ree fay"shee as'/ ; Lat. /skee"rdde fah"kee ahs'/ , Law.
1. a writ requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why a judgment, letters patent, etc., should not be executed, vacated, or annulled.
2. a judicial proceeding initiated by such a writ.
[ 1400-50; late ME scire facias lit., make (him) know ]