scire facias — not equivalent to execution
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From 33 U.S. 528 - Mary Deneale v. John Archer · 1834Most cited · 4 citing opinions
The writ of scire facias is no more an execution than an action of debt would have been: and the execution, which was issued on the judgment against the executrix, is not an execution on the judgment against George Deneale.