Definitions from Wiktionary (venire facias)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (law, historical) A summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear.
▸ noun: (law, historical) (Clipping of 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.
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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (law, historical) A summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear.
▸ noun: (law, historical) (Clipping of 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.
Similar:
scire facias,
levari facias,
fieri facias,
tales,
brief,
pone,
subpoena,
writ of summons,
return day,
fuero,
more...
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Adjectives:
action,
standing,
constat,
litigant,
in personam,
token,
deponent,
testate,
brief,
in limine,
appellant
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