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VENIRE FACIAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does venire facias mean?
• VENIRE FACIAS (noun)
The noun VENIRE FACIAS has 1 sense:
1. a judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty
Familiarity information: VENIRE FACIAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("venire facias" is a kind of...):
judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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