Recent Examples on the WebThis panel, known as the venire, is randomly selected from public records, typically from lists of drivers license holders or registered voters, Sharon Fairley, a professor from practice at the University of Chicago Law School, told McClatchy News.—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 In 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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