What does veniremen mean?
Veniremen are jurors who have been summoned to serve in a particular court or case. They may be selected from a larger panel of people eligible to serve to form the jury that hears the evidence and decides the verdict, although in older usage the term referred to those summoned even before final selection. The expression is formal and belongs primarily to legal reporting, where it distinguishes the people formally called to court from other jurors or members of the public. Veniremen is already plural; the corresponding singular is venireman. The word has a long legal history. It comes through the legal noun venire, ultimately from Latin venire, “to come,” and so the jurors were originally understood as those who had been called to appear. The slightly unusual wording now survives chiefly because legal terminology often preserves the forms of earlier practice.
noun, pluralA group of jurors summoned to serve in a particular court or case, typically selected from a larger panel of people eligible to serve.
- The jurors summoned to appear and serve in a particular court or case.
"The court clerk addressed the veniremen and explained the order in which they would be called to examine prospective jurors."
"The judge advised the veniremen that anyone who felt unable to serve should state the reason before the trial began."
"A list of the veniremen for the day appeared in the official court report."
The headword is itself the standard plural of venireman.
"The veniremen entered the courtroom in response to the clerk's call."
Veniremen were literally the people who came: the word ultimately comes from Latin venire, meaning “to come.”
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Etymology of veniremen
The English word developed from a legal use of Latin venire, “to come,” by way of the noun venire, denoting a body of jurors summoned to court. The singular venireman was formed by adding -man to that element, and its regular English plural is veniremen. Latin venīre is also the source of related English words such as venue, convene, advent, and prevent.
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How veniremen is actually used
This is formal or technical vocabulary associated with legal proceedings and court reporting. It is normally plural, while venireman is the corresponding singular.
Easily confused with veniremen
A venireman is one juror, whereas veniremen refers collectively to the jurors summoned to serve.
Venire is the legal term for a panel of jurors or the writ used to summon them, whereas veniremen are the people summoned.