VENUE : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: VENUE	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venue n the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) Synonym(s): venue, locale, locus in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venue \Ven"ue\, n. [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}.] 1. (Law) 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. The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --Blackstone. Note: 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. 2. A bout; a hit; a turn. See {Venew}. [R.] {To lay a venue} (Law), to allege a place.