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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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs requiring sheriff to summon court or jury (6) venire facias1444 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. nisi prius1447 A writ directing a sheriff to provide a jury at the Court of Westminster on a particular day, unless the assize judges come before that day to the… habeas corpora1476 More fully habeas corpora juratorum (i.e. of the jury): a process formerly issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, directing the sheriff to compel… venire1665 = venire facias, n. 1. Subcategories:— clause in (2) |
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