venue shopping

Or ven·ue-shop·ping

[ven-yoo shop-ing]

noun

Law.

1. a less common term for forum shopping.

Word History and Origins

Origin of venue shopping¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Although changes announced this month by the federal judiciary may prevent such venue shopping in the future, X successfully bid for, and received, assignment of its case to a politically sympathetic judge.

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She accused “a shady anti-abortion group” of venue shopping to bring the case before Judge Kacsmaryk.

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Prosecutors opposed the request, arguing that Fortenberry’s lawyers were “venue shopping” for a potentially friendlier and more Republican-leaning jury pool in Nebraska.

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But tribal casinos also sometimes host mixed martial arts events that cannot be sanctioned elsewhere, a form of venue shopping that most state athletic commissions view unfavorably.

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That too turned out to be the new template for multipurpose stadiums: parts game field, concert venue, shopping center and catering operation.

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