venire faciasn.
/vɪˈnʌɪəriː ˈfeɪʃɪas/ Law.† 2. A writ issued against a person indicted of a misdemeanour, summoning him to appear before the court. Obsolete.
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a. A former judicial writ directed to a sheriff requiring him to summon a jury to try a cause or causes at issue between parties. Obsolete or Historical.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs requiring sheriff to summon court or jury
venire facias1444
nisi prius1447
habeas corpora1476
venire1665
1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 112/1 Thissue joyned and entred of record, and a venire fac' of ye Jure retorned.
1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 189 They have pursued seuerall venire facias retornable the First day of the terme of seynt Hillary next comyng.
1543 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 14 Payde for a venire facias, xvj d.
1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. B4v Youl get a Venire facies to warne your Iurie, a Decem tales to fill vp the number.
1665 G. Duncombe Tryals per Pais iii. 24 Of a Venire facias: To whom it shall be directed [etc.].
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 352 When therefore an issue is joined,..the court awards a writ of venire facias.
1790 Amer. State Papers Misc. (1834) I. 32 Juries shall be summoned by writs of venire facias.
1821 J. F. Archbold Digest Law Pleading & Evid. 414 The jury process is the same as in ordinary cases, namely, a venire facias and a habeas corpora juratorum.
1825 Act 6 George IV c. 50 §16. 125 No former Writ of Venire Facias had been prosecuted in that Cause.
b. venire facias de novo (lit. ‘that you cause to come anew’), an order for a new trial of a cause, upon the same record, owing to some defect or irregularity in the first trial.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > order for new trial
venire de novo1797
venire facias de novo1797
1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (at cited word) New Trials are generally granted where a General Verdict is found; a Venire Facias de Novo, upon a Special Verdict.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons
citationc1325
summonancec1410
process1423
summons1429
summonitionc1455
venire facias1463
letters citatory1465
summonda1500
interpellation1579
butterfly1583
exploit1622
monition1649
cital1760
venire1763
exaction1816
assignation1884
blister1903
bluey1909
blue1939
1463–4 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 10 I shall send you another [capias] with the Copie of your new suites and a venire facias against the ministre.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 313 The proper process on an indictment for any petty misdemesnor, or on a penal statute, is a writ of venire facias, which is in the nature of a summons to cause the party to appear. And if by the return to such venire [etc.].
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