venire facias

venire facias
venire fa·ci·as /-'fā-shē-əs/ n [Medieval Latin venire facias ( juratores or juratam ) may you cause (the jurors or the jury) to come (words used in the writ)]: a writ ordering a sheriff to summon a jury

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

venire facias
(Latin: Cause to come.)
A judicial order or writ addressed to the sheriff of a county where a legal action is to take place, commanding the sheriff to assemble a jury.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


venire facias
I
[Latin, Cause to come.] A judicial order or writ addressed to the sheriff of a county where a legal action is to take place, commanding the sheriff to assemble a jury.
II Writ used in summoning jurors.

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  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • venire facias — [fā′shē as΄] n. [ME < ML, cause to come < L venire,COME + 2d pers. sing., pres. subj., of facere, to make, DO1] Law a writ issued by a judge ordering that persons be summoned to serve as jurors …   English World dictionary

  • venire facias — /veuh nuy ree fay shee as , near ee/, Law. 1. a writ directing the appropriate official to summon a jury. 2. the entire jury panel from which a trial jury is selected. [1400 50; late ME < L venire facias lit., make come] * * * …   Universalium

  • Venire facias — Lit. may you cause to come . A writ issued to a *sheriff instructing him to summon a jury; writs issued to summon knights and burgesses to *parliament in 1275 were venire facias …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Venire facias de novo — Latin literally (you)cause to come anew . Venire facias (literally (you) cause to come )is a writ issued by an official of the court summoning prospective jurors. Venire facias de novo is a legal term which the court uses when there has been some …   Wikipedia

  • venire facias de novo — /vanayriy feysh(iy)as diy nowvow/ A fresh or new venire, which the court grants when there has been some impropriety or irregularity in returning the jury, or where the verdict is so imperfect or ambiguous that no judgment can be given upon it,… …   Black's law dictionary

  • venire facias de novo — noun also venire de novo Etymology: venire facias de novo from New Latin, literally, you cause to come anew; venire de novo from New Latin, literally, to come anew : a new writ of venire issued to summon a jury anew on some irregularity or defect …   Useful english dictionary

  • venire facias juratores — /vanayriy feysh(iy)as juratoriyz/ A common law judicial writ directed to the sheriff, when issue was joined in an action, commanding him to cause to come to Westminster, on such a day, twelve free and lawful men of his county by whom the truth of …   Black's law dictionary

  • venire facias tot matronas — A venire to summon a jury of matrons. See jury of matrons …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • venire facias — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, you should cause to come Date: 15th century a judicial writ directing the sheriff to summon a specified number of qualified persons to serve as jurors …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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