venire facias (English, noun)
expansion: venire facias (plural venire faciases)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to summon a certain number of qualified persons to a court case to serve as jurors.
tags: historical
topics: law
glosses: A summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear.
tags: historical
topics: law
glosses: Clipping of venire facias ad respondendum, a writ directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause the person named in the writ to appear in court to respond to a civil (non-criminal) claim against him or her.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
clipping
historical
Forms:
form: venire faciases
tags: plural