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Convener

Convener, in relation to any meeting of creditors, the person summoning it is known as 'the convener', Insolvency Rules 1986, SI

Contumacy (contumacia), a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned; or disobedience to the rules and orders of a court.

(5 of 1898), s. 208] The Court has power to summon material witness, or examine person present if his evidence appears

Pone per vadium, an obsolete writ to the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintiff's suit, on

as the general course of proceedings, writs of venire for summoning juries to the superior courts are in the following terms:-P'cipius

King's Bench, who were sent abroad with writs, etc., to summon persons to that Court, 2 Hen. 4, c. 23.

Venire facias tot matronas, a writ to summon a jury of matrons to execute the writ de ventre

Venire facias de novo, a second writ to summon another jury for a new trial. The venire de novo

Venire facias, a judicial writ awarded to the sheriff to summon a jury for the trial of a cause, but abolished

Talesman, a person summoned to act as a juror from amongst the bystanders in