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English Dictionary: venire by the DICT Development Group
2 results for venire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venire
n
  1. (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
    Synonym(s): panel, venire
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Venire facias \[d8]Ve*ni"re fa"ci*as\ [L., make, or cause, to
      come.] (Law)
      (a) 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 in said court.
      (b) A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party
            indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also
            {venire}.
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