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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Venue

/(vĕn"ū̇)/ · Ven·ue · IPA /ˈvɛnjuː/
01 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.
  1. 1.
    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.(Law)
    “The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made.” Blackstone.
  2. 2.
    A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew.[R.] See: Venew
Phrases & compounds
To lay a venue — to allege a place.