Venire

Venire: Venire is a noun co-opted from a Middle English (Latin) phrase comprised of two verbs: venire facias. The phrase meant do come and was used in jury summonses. Today venire simply means the people summoned for a jury.

The courtroom was packed, half filled with the venire.

The way it works is that the judge has a computer-generated list from which he calls the first twelve citizens from the venire, and they take seats in the jury box.

A Book for Today: Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly