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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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