venue

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noun
  1. Law.

    • the place of a crime or cause of action.

    • the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.

    • the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.

    • the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.

  2. the scene or locale of any action or event.

  1. the position taken by a person engaged in argument or debate; ground.

Origin of venue

1
1300–50; Middle English venue an attack <Middle French: literally, a coming, Old French, feminine past participle of venir to come <Vulgar Latin *venūta, for Latin venta, equivalent to ven(īre) to come + -ta feminine past participle suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for venue

venue

/ (ˈvɛnjuː) /


noun
  1. law

    • the place in which a cause of action arises

    • the place fixed for the trial of a cause

    • the locality from which the jurors must be summoned to try a particular cause

  2. a meeting place

  1. any place where an organized gathering, such as a rock concert or public meeting, is held

  2. mainly US a position in an argument

Origin of venue

1
C14: from Old French, from venir to come, from Latin venīre

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