venue

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  1. noun Law The locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs.
  2. noun Law The locality or political division from which a jury is called and in which a trial is held.
  3. noun Law The clause within a declaration naming the locality in which a trial will be held.
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  1. Middle English, attack, from Old French, a coming, attack, from feminine past participle of venir, to come, from Latin venīre; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also venew, veney, venny, venie; from Middle English *venue, venyw, from Old French venue, a coming, = Spanish venida, arrival, attack in fencing, = Italian venuta, arrival, from Latin venire, come: see come. Cf. venue.
  2. A particular use of venue (from Old French venue, arrival, resort), apparently confused with Old French visne (cf. Middle Latin visnetum,vicinitus), neighborhood, venue, from Latin vicinia, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinus, neighboring: see vicine, vicinity.
 

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/ˈvɛnju/
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