Category:Venire facias

Ve*ni"re fa"ci*as. Etym: [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.