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V0054200 (və-nī′rē, -nîr′ē)n.1. A writ issued by a judge to a sheriff directing the summons of prospective jurors. Also called venire facias.2. The panel of prospective jurors from which a jury is selected.

[Short for Middle English venire facias, from Medieval Latin venīre (faciās), (you should cause) to come, a phrase used in the writ, from Latin; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots.]

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(vɪˈnaɪrɪ) n (Law) law a group of people who are summoned to serve on a jury

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venire - (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)panelbody - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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(ven-eer-ay) n. the list from which jurors may be selected. (See: jury, panel)

VENIRE, OR VENIRE PACIAS JURATORES, practice. The name of a writ directed to the sheriff commanding him to cause to come from the body of the county before the court from which it issued, on some day certain and therein specified, a certain number of qualified citizens who are to act as jurors in the said court. Steph. Pl. 104; 2 Graydon's Forms, 314; and see 6 Serg. & Rawle, 414; 21 Vin. Ab. 291; Com. Dig. Enquest, C 1, &c.; Id. Pleader, 2 S 12, 3 0 20; Id. Process, D 8; 3 Chit. Pr. 797.

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noun (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

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