Venire facias \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)