Legal Term Dictionary

A kneeling or low prostration on the ground by penitents; pardon.

A kneeling or low prostration on the ground by penitents; pardon. Less...

A privilege granted by a prince or sovereign, in virtue of which a person is entitled to act, sui juris, as if he were of full age. Story, Confl. Laws, | 74. Venist f aeilitas inoentivnnt eat delin-Quendi. 3 Inst. 236. Facility of pardon is an incentive to crime.

A privilege granted by a prince or sovereign, in virtue of which a person is entitled to act, sui juris, as if he were of full age. Story, Confl. Laws, | 74. Venist f aeilitas inoentivnnt eat delin-Quendi. 3 Inst. 236. Facility of pardon is an incentive to crime. Less...

Lat. To come; to appear in court. This word is sometimes used as the name of the writ for summoning a jury, more commonly called a "venire facias."

Lat. To come; to appear in court. This word is sometimes used as the name of the writ for summoning a jury, more commonly called a "venire facias." Less...

Lat. In practice. A judicial writ, directed to the sheriff of the county in which a cause is to be tried, com-manding him that he "cause to come" before the court, on a certain day therein mention¬ed, twelve good and lawful men of the body of his county, qualified according More...

Lat. In practice. A judicial writ, directed to the sheriff of the county in which a cause is to be tried, com-manding him that he "cause to come" before the court, on a certain day therein mention¬ed, twelve good and lawful men of the body of his county, qualified according to law, by whom the truth of the matter may be the better known, and who are in no wise of kin either to tbe plaintiff or to the defend¬ant, to make a jury of the country between the parties in the action, because as well the plaintiff as the defendant, between whom the matter in variance is, have put them-selves upon that jury, and that he return the names of the jurors, etc. 2 Tidd, Pr. 777, 778; 3 Bl. Comm. 352. —Venire faelas ad respondendum. A writ to summon a person, against whom an indictment for a misdemeanor has been found, to appear and be arraigned for the offense. A jus¬tice's warrant is now more commonly used. Archb. Crim. PI. 81; Sweet—Venire faelas de novo. A fresh or new venire, which the court grants when there has been some im¬propriety or irregularity in returning the jury, or where the verdict is so imperfect or ambiguous that no judgment can be given upon it, or where a judgment is reversed on error, and a new trial awarded. See Bosseker v. Cramer. 18 Ind. 44; Maxwell v. Wright, 160 Ind. 515. 67 N. E. 267.—Venire facias juratores was a judicial writ directed to the sheriff, when issue was joined in an action, commanding him to cause to come to Westminster, on such a day, twelve free and lawful men of his county by whom the truth of the matter at is*ue might be better known. This writ was abolished by Section 104 of the common-law procedure act. 1852. and by section 105 a precept issued by the judges of assize is substituted in its place. The process so substituted is sometimes loose¬ly spoken of as a "venire." Brown.—Venir* fades tot matronas. A writ to summon a jury of matrons to execnte the writ de ventre inspiciendo. Less...

A member of a panel of Jurors; a juror summoned by a writ of venire facias.

A member of a panel of Jurors; a juror summoned by a writ of venire facias. Less...

L. Lat. In old pleading. Comes' and defends. The proper words of appearance and defense in an action. 1 Ld. Raym. 11

L. Lat. In old pleading. Comes' and defends. The proper words of appearance and defense in an action. 1 Ld. Raym. 11 Less...

L. Latin In old pleading. Comes and says. 2 Salk. 544.

L. Latin In old pleading. Comes and says. 2 Salk. 544. Less...

In French law. Sale; contract of sale. —Vente a remere. A conditional. sale, in which the seller reserves the right to redeem or repurchase at the same price.

In French law. Sale; contract of sale. —Vente a remere. A conditional. sale, in which the seller reserves the right to redeem or repurchase at the same price. Less...

The belly or womb. The term is used in law as designating the maternal parentage of children. Thus, where in ordinary phraseology we should say that A. was B.'s child by his first wife, he would be described in law as "by the flrst venter:1 Brown.

The belly or womb. The term is used in law as designating the maternal parentage of children. Thus, where in ordinary phraseology we should say that A. was B.'s child by his first wife, he would be described in law as "by the flrst venter:1 Brown. Less...

In old English law. A writ that lay for an heir presumptive, to cause an examination to be made of the widow in order to determine whether she were pregnant or not, in cases where she was suspected of a design to bring forward a suppositious heir. 1 Bl. Comm. More...

In old English law. A writ that lay for an heir presumptive, to cause an examination to be made of the widow in order to determine whether she were pregnant or not, in cases where she was suspected of a design to bring forward a suppositious heir. 1 Bl. Comm. 456. Less...