venire facias

venire facias englannista suomeksi

1. venire facias

0. Substantiivi

venire facias englanniksi

1. 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.

2. (quote-book)) I will firſt recite the Writ in terminis, the rather becauſe I intend to order my Diſcourse, according to the method of the Writ. / Rex. &c. Vic. B. Salutem. Præcipimus tibi quod venire facias coram Juſticiariis noſtris de Banco apud Weſtm. tali die, duodecim liberos & legales homines de vicinet. de C. quorum quilibet habeat quatuor libras terræ, (..)

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4. (quote-book) held, that the trial was ill, and the record not amendable.

5. A summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear.

6. ((clipping of)) A writ directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause the person named in the writ to appear in court to respond to a civil (non-criminal) claim against him or her.

7. (quote-book) At this day the Venire facias is regarded and used (like all other mesne process) in this department of the Court as a mere measure of compelling appearance or bringing a party before the Court, differing from other mesne process only in tenor and form, not in object or ultimate effect; and it has no distinct influence on subsequent proceedings. (..) The following is the form of the Venire facias: ''William the Fourth, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, To the Sheriff of'' county ''greeting.—We command you that you omit not by reason of any liberty of your county, but that you enter the same, and'' cause the defendant's name to come before the Barons of our Exchequer ''at Westminster'' (..)