Meaning & use
venire
A panel of citizens summoned to court from which a jury is selected.
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The court clerk called names from the venire until twelve jurors were chosen.
Several members of the venire were dismissed after admitting personal bias in the case.
A note on using this word
Venire comes from Latin and is a technical legal term rarely used outside courtroom procedure.
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