VE'NIALNESS, noun State of being excusable or pardonable. Venire facias, or venire, in law, a writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to summon twelve men, to try an issue between parties. It is also a writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statue, to appear.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI