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practice, crim. law. According to the English law, the proper process to be issued on an indictment for any petit misdemeanor, on a penal statute, is a writ called venire facias. 2. It is in the nature of a summons to cause the party to appear. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Lat. In practice. A judicial writ, directed to the sheriff of the county in which a cause … [Read more...] about VENIRE FACIAS

A purchaser or buyer; one to whom anything is sold. Generally used of the transferee of real property, one who acquires chattels by sale being called a "buyer." Vendens eandem rem duobus fallarius est. He is fraudulent who sells the same thing twice. … [Read more...] about VENDEE

practice. The name of a new writ of venire facias; this is awarded when, by reason of some irregularity or defect in the proceeding on the first venire, or the trial, the proper effect of that which has been frustrated, or the verdict become void in law: as, for example, when the jury has been improperly chosen, or an uncertain, ambiguous or defective verdict has been rendered. … [Read more...] about VENIRE FACIAS DE NOVO

The killing of a person that results from the use of an automobile. … [Read more...] about VEHICULAR HOMICIDE

A private feud, a blod feud, where someone who is close is injured or killed and revenge is sought. … [Read more...] about VENDETTA