\Ve*ni"re fa"ci*as\ [L., make, or cause, to come.]
(Law)
(a) 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) A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party
    indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also
    {venire}.