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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venire facias \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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