Venue

['venjuː] or ['vɛnju]

Definition

(noun.) in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.

(noun.) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).

Typist: Lucinda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew.

Editor: Margie

Definition

n. (law) the place where an action is laid: the district from which a jury comes to try a question of fact: in England usually the county where a crime is alleged to have been committed.—Change of venue change of place of trial; Lay the venue to specify the place where the trial is to be held.

n. (Shak.) a hit in fencing: a bout or match: a lunge thrust.

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