Venire Facias (Noun)
Meaning
A judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The court issued a venire facias to the sheriff, instructing him to summon a pool of potential jurors for the upcoming trial.
- A venire facias was served on the sheriff's office, requiring them to gather a list of eligible citizens for jury duty.
- The judge signed the venire facias, authorizing the sheriff to assemble a group of people for possible jury selection.
- As part of the pre-trial process, the court clerk prepared a venire facias to be delivered to the sheriff's department.
- The sheriff's office received a venire facias from the court, prompting them to begin the process of summoning citizens for jury duty.