Distringas jnratores
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A writ commanding the sheriff to have the bodies of the jurors, or to distrain them by their lands and goods, that they may appear upon the day appointed.
3 Bl. Comm. 354.
It issues at the same time with the venire, though in theory afterwards, founded on the supposed neglect of the juror to attend.
3 Steph. Comm. 590.