Scire facias quare restitutionem habere non debet

Make it known why he ought not to have restitution.-A process in the nature of an order to show cause which issued as a preliminary to the issuance of a writ of restitution where a satisfied judgment was reversed on appeal and the record failed to show the amount paid or lost by the appellant. Bank of United States v Bank of Washington (US) 6 Pet 8, 8 L Ed 299.