Venire facias

[Latin, make, or cause, to come.]

(a)

(Law) 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 in said court.

(b)

(Law) A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.