ALL meanings of venire facias
ve·ni·re fa·ci·as
V v - noun venire facias a writ directing the appropriate official to summon a jury. 1
- noun venire facias the entire jury panel from which a trial jury is selected. 1
- noun venire facias (formerly) a writ directing a sheriff to summon suitable persons to form a jury 0
- noun venire facias a writ issued by a judge ordering that persons be summoned to serve as jurors 0
- noun venire facias (law) 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. 0
- noun venire facias (law, historical) A summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. 0
- noun venire facias (law, historical) (Short for 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. 0