In
law, venire facias (
Latin for "may you cause to come"), also venire facias juratores, and often shortened to venire, is a
writ directing a
sheriff to assemble a
jury.[1] Various types are:
venire facias ad respondendum – "a writ requiring a sheriff to
summon a person against whom an
indictment for a
misdemeanor has been issued," now superseded by the use of
warrants.[1]
venire facias de novo, often shortened to venire de novo – a writ for summoning a new jury panel, or
venire, "because of some impropriety or irregularity in the original jury return or verdict such that a judgment cannot be entered on it."[1] This results in a
trial de novo.[1] "In substance, the writ is a motion for a new trial, but when the party objects to the verdict because of a procedural error (and not an error on the merits), the form of motion was traditionally for a venire facias de novo."[1] For example, see the 1817 decision of the
U.S. Supreme Court in Laidlaw v. Organ (15 U.S. 178): "...the judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded to the district court of Louisiana, with direction to award a venire facire de novo" (
John Marshall).
venire facias tot matronas – "a writ requiring a sheriff to summon a jury of matrons to execute a
writ de ventre inspiciendo."[1]