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venire facias definition

venire fa·cias (fā′s̸hē as′)

Law a writ issued by a judge ordering that persons be summoned to serve as jurors

Etymology: ME < ML, cause to come < L venire, come + 2d pers. sing., pres. subj., of facere, to make, do

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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