veniremen

veniremen
People who are summoned to the courthouse so that they may be questioned and perhaps chosen as jurors for civil or criminal trials.
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  • veniremen — noun The panel or a group of potential jurors …   Wiktionary

  • veniremen — n. person requested by a judge to serve jury duty …   English contemporary dictionary

  • veniremen — Persons whose names are drawn from the jury wheel for a venire or special venire and who are summoned by a writ of venire and are thereby upon the jury panel for a term of court, a part of a term, or for choosing jurors for a particular case. 31… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Batson v. Kentucky — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Batson v. Kentucky ArgueDate=December 12 ArgueYear=1985 DecideDate=April 30 DecideYear=1986 FullName=Batson v. Kentucky USVol=476 USPage=79 Citation=476 U.S. 79; 106 S. Ct. 1712; 90 L. Ed. 2d 69; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 150; …   Wikipedia

  • voir dire — /vwahr dear /; Fr. /vwannrdd deerdd /, Law. 1. an oath administered to a proposed witness or juror by which he or she is sworn to speak the truth in an examination to ascertain his or her competence. 2. the examination itself. [1670 80; < AF,… …   Universalium

  • venireman —  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ mən noun (plural veniremen) Etymology: venire + man : a member of a venire : juror * * * /vi nuy ree meuhn, near ee /, n., pl. veniremen. Law. a person summoned under a venire facias. [1770 80, Amer.; venire (see VENIRE FACIAS) +… …   Useful english dictionary

  • venireman — /vi nuy ree meuhn, near ee /, n., pl. veniremen. Law. a person summoned under a venire facias. [1770 80, Amer.; venire (see VENIRE FACIAS) + MAN1] * * * …   Universalium

  • foreman — Synonyms and related words: Big Brother, auditor, boatswain, boss, chief, comptroller, controller, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, gaffer, ganger, grand juror, head, headman, inspector, juror, jury chancellor, juryman, jurywoman, manager,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • jury — n 1. body of jurors, Law. veniremen, twelve just men, Inf. twelve men in a box, panel of peers, Law. country, Law. tales; grand jury, petty jury, coroner s jury, inquest, panel. 2. judges, adjudgers, prize jury, awards committee …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • venireman — ☆ venireman [və nī′rē mən ] n. pl. veniremen [və nī′rēmən] a member of a VENIRE (sense 2) …   English World dictionary

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