ven·ue
(v
n
y
)
KEY
NOUN:
-
Law
- The locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs.
- The locality or political division from which a jury is called and in which a trial is held.
- The clause within a declaration naming the locality in which a trial will be held.
- The clause in an affidavit naming the place where it was sworn to.
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- The scene or setting in which something takes place; a locale:
"that non-cinematic venue of popular nightmares, the discotheque"
(P.J. O'Rourke).
- A place for large gatherings, as a sports stadium.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English,
attack, from Old French,
a coming, attack, from feminine past participle of
venir,
to come, from Latin
ven
re; see
gw
- in Indo-European roots
