Hypertext Webster Gateway: "venire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Venire facias \Ve*ni"re fa"ci*as\ [L., make, or cause, to come.]
(Law)
(a) 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 in said court.
(b) A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party
indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also
{venire}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
venire
n : (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom
a jury will be chosen) [syn: {panel}]
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