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ven⋅ue

  [ven-yoo]
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–noun
1. Law.
a. the place of a crime or cause of action.
b. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
c. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
d. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
2. the scene or locale of any action or event.
3. the position taken by a person engaged in argument or debate; ground.
Origin:
1300–50; ME venue an attack < MF: lit., a coming, OF, fem. ptp. of venir to come < VL *venūta, for L venta, equiv. to ven(īre) to come + -ta fem. ptp. suffix
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ven·ue   (věn'yōō)   
n.  
  1. Law
    1. The locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs.
    2. The locality or political division from which a jury is called and in which a trial is held.
    3. The clause within a declaration naming the locality in which a trial will be held.
    4. The clause in an affidavit naming the place where it was sworn to.
    5. The scene or setting in which something takes place; a locale: "that non-cinematic venue of popular nightmares, the discotheque" (P.J. O'Rourke).
    6. A place for large gatherings, as a sports stadium.
    1. The scene or setting in which something takes place; a locale: "that non-cinematic venue of popular nightmares, the discotheque" (P.J. O'Rourke).
    2. A place for large gatherings, as a sports stadium.

[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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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.
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Language Translation for : venue
Spanish: ajetreo, vaivénajetreo, vaivén,
German: das Kommen,
Japanese: 到来
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venue 
c.1330, "a coming for the purpose of attack," from O.Fr. venue "coming," from fem. pp. of venir "to come," from L. venire "to come," from PIE base *gwa- "to go, come" (cf. O.E. cuman "to come;" see come). The sense of "place where a case in law is tried" is first recorded 1531. Extended to locality in general, especially "site of a concert or sporting event" (1857). Change of venue is from Blackstone (1768).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ven·ue
Pronunciation: 'ven-"yü
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French, place where a jury is summoned, alteration (influenced by venue arrival, attendance) of vinné visné, literally, neighborhood, neighbors, from Old French, ultimately from Latin vicinus neighboring
1 : the place or county in which take place the alleged events from which a legal action arises —used esp. at common law
2 : the place from which a jury is drawn and in which trial is held —see also CHANGE OF VENUE —compare JURISDICTION
3 : a statement showing that a case is brought to the proper court or authority
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