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  • Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoë, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009

  • Taking knowledge (scire: to know) in its most generic sense, for Henry it is undeniable that man knows something; Augustine's reservations should be taken to refer to those who claim that judgment is co-extensive with sensation.

    Hitler's Angel (A Meta Christmas Carol) 2009

  • The remedy of scire facias is implied by the very existence of the Good Behavior Clause, and when wielded by an aggrieved individual citizen, separation-of-powers issues are neatly avoided.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Rosen on Sotomayor, Part Tres: 2009

  • To remove a judge under a writ of scire facias at common law, you must demonstrate culpable intent.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Rosen on Sotomayor, Part Tres: 2009

  • However, the above concerns knowledge in general, scire in the broadest sense.

    Hitler's Angel (A Meta Christmas Carol) 2009

  • Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoë, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Flavia 2009

  • Moving on to knowledge in the strict sense, proprie scire or certitudinaliter scire, things get more complicated.

    Hitler's Angel (A Meta Christmas Carol) 2009

  • In New Hampshire, where pleadings had always been simple, clear, and direct, the lawyers introduced more sophistication and complexity during the years 1692 to 1700; the action of ejectment, the writs of scire facias and supersedeas, the action of trespass de bonis asportatis, entered New Hampshire as immigrants at this time.55 Students of Massachusetts law on the eve of the Revolution have declared it to be quite conservative, at least by earlier standards.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Pennsylvania, for example, substituted, through the action of scire facias sur mortgage 1705, a common-law mode of foreclosure for the usual procedures in equity.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • In New Hampshire, where pleadings had always been simple, clear, and direct, the lawyers introduced more sophistication and complexity during the years 1692 to 1700; the action of ejectment, the writs of scire facias and supersedeas, the action of trespass de bonis asportatis, entered New Hampshire as immigrants at this time.55 Students of Massachusetts law on the eve of the Revolution have declared it to be quite conservative, at least by earlier standards.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

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