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venue

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CIDE DICTIONARY

venuen. [F. venue a coming, arrival, fr. venir to come, L. venire; hence, in English, the place whither the jury are summoned to come. See Come, and cf. Venew, Veney.].
  •  A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.  [1913 Webster]
    " In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid."  [1913 Webster]
    "The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew.  [1913 Webster]
To lay a venue (Law), to allege a place.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

venue, n.
1 a an appointed meeting-place esp. for a sports event, meeting, concert, etc. b a rendezvous.
2 Law hist. the county or other place within which a jury must be gathered and a cause tried (orig. the neighbourhood of the crime etc.).

Etymology
F, = a coming, fem. past part. of venir come f. L venire

ROGET THESAURUS

venue

Focus

N focus, point of convergence, corradiation, center, gathering place, resort haunt retreat, venue, rendezvous, rallying point, headquarters, home, club, depot, trysting place, place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation, point de reunion, issue.

Situation

N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.


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