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Venire Facias

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Venire facias, a judicial writ awarded to the sheriff to summon a jury for the trial of a cause, but abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 104. It is the first process in outlawry, when a person charged with misdemeanour absconds, 4 Steph. Com.

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