venire facias juratores

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 the matter at issue might be better known. This writ was abolished by section 104 of the commonlaw procedure act, 1852, and by section 105 a precept issued by the judges of assize is substituted in its place. The process so substituted is sometimes loosely spoken of as a "venire."

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • 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.… …   Law dictionary

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