Ve-nī're or Ve-nī're Fā'ci-as, n.

n. [Lat., 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.