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Bloody Sunday(dictionary)
VENIRE, OR VENIRE PACIAS JURATORES, practice(law)
venire(dictionary)
venire facias(dictionary)
VENIRE FACIAS, practice, crim(law)
bloody(1)(dictionary)
bloody(2)(dictionary)
Bloody(medicine)
Bloody sputum(health)

venire facias (iou) and Bloody Sunday (oh)


venire facias (iou)



venire facias noun phr. LME.
[Latin, lit. 'make or cause to come'.]
Law.
A judicial writ directing a sheriff to summon a jury. Now Hist. exc. US. LME.
A writ issuing a summons to appear before a court. LME-M18.

Bloody Sunday (oh)



Sunday, 30th January 1972, when British soldiers in Northern Ireland used force to control a large crowd of people who were protesting against the policy of internment (=putting people in prison without a trial if they were believed to be members of theIRA) . 13 people were killed when the soldiers fired at the crowd.