Recent Examples on the WebIn the alternative, the defense wants a jury brought in from another area, called a change of venire.—Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, charlotteobserver, 29 May 2017
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Word History
Etymology
earlier, "judicial writ ordering jurors to be summoned," short for venire facias
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