venireman
noun
a person summoned under a venire facias.
veniremen
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pluralof venireman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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ON JURIES: One time when I was presiding over a murder trial in Burke County, they had special veniremen summoned in from another county to make sure that the accused got a fair hearing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Altogether, 70 veniremen were examined; Justice Harold E. Wescott excused 34 for cause; the defense used 17 peremptory challenges, the prosecution seven.
From Time Magazine Archive
Judge Blythin, who won in a landslide, was undisturbed when Cleveland papers published the addresses of all 75 veniremen, who were thus deluged with letters and phone calls.
From Time Magazine Archive
British judges simply call twelve veniremen at random without even asking their occupations.
From Time Magazine Archive
The number of veniremen that had been summoned was 1091, of which 927 had been excused by counsel for cause.
From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt
