venire

ve·ni·re  (v-nr, -nîr)

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.

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

venire - (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) panel body - 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"