vicinage

vic·i·nage   (vĭs'ə-nĭj)    n.   A limited region around a particular area; a vicinity. A number of places situated near each other and considered as a group. The residents of a particular neighborhood. The state of living in a neighborhood; proximity. [Middle English vesinage, from Old French, from vesin, neighboring, from Latin vīcīnus; see vicinity.]

Main Entry: vic·i·nage
Pronunciation: 'vis-^&n-ij
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French veisinage neighborhood, from veisin neighboring, from Old French, from Latin vicinus
: a particular vicinity or district: as a : the district in which a crime takes place and from which the accused is entitled to have an impartial jury selected as required by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution b in the civil law of Louisiana : the neighborhood in which one is obligated not to cause material injury to others (as by a nuisance) in the free exercise of rights of ownership in immovable property vicinage are legal servitudes imposed on the owner of property —Rodrigue v. Copeland, 475 So. Second 1071 (1985)>