Thesaurus: venue

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. 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.
2. n. A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew.
3. n. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
4. n. in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
5. 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.
6. A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in whichanything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an actionis laid.The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venuewhere the demand is made. Blackstone.
7. n:100 n. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) n. in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held