convened

Convene is a verb meaning to bring people together for a meeting or assembly, or to summon or organize an official body to sit. Convened is its past tense and past participle, used to describe an action that has already occurred or to refer to a body that has been summoned into session. In formal contexts, bodies such as legislative assemblies, court sessions, or corporate committees are often convened to conduct business. For example, a city council may be convened to discuss zoning changes, or a jury may be convened to hear a trial. The phrase 'the meeting was convened by the chair' signals that the assembly was called and brought together.

Convene vs convened: convene is present or future, convened is past; convening is the present participle or gerund form. The word is commonly used in legal, governmental, and organizational language; it can also describe the act of bringing people together for conferences or councils.

Etymology: The term derives from Latin convenire 'to come together,' from con- 'together' + venire 'to come.' The English form dates from the late Middle Ages, and has remained in use in formal contexts to denote the act of summoning or assembling a group.