 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
venire
noun: (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom
a jury will be chosen) [syn: {panel}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "venire":
blue-ribbon jury, certiorari, citation, country, garnishment,
grand jury, habeas corpus, hung jury, impanelment, inquest, jury,
jury list, jury of inquest, jury of matrons, jury panel,
jury selection, monition, panel, petit jury, police jury, sessions,
special jury, subpoena, summons, trial jury, venire de novo,
venire facias, writ of summons
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