Category:Venue

Ven"ue, n. Etym: [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)

Defn: 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.