What is a venire?

• A. The oath administered to jurors.
• B. A list of prospective jurors to be summoned to serve for a particular term of the court.
• C. The jury pool after voir dire.
• D. The final verdict in a trial.

Answer: (B)

A venire is the pool of people from which jurors are drawn for a specific term of court. It’s the master list of prospective jurors who may be summoned to appear for jury duty, typically assembled from community records and used as the source for selecting the actual jury. Through the voir dire process, those who are ineligible or unfit are set aside, and the remaining individuals become the jury for the trial. The oath is a separate step taken when jurors are sworn in, and the final verdict is the decision reached by the jurors after the trial. So, the venire is essentially the prospective pool of potential jurors.