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venue

[ ven-yoo ]

noun

  1. Law.
    1. the place of a crime or cause of action.
    2. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
    3. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
    4. 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.


venue

/ ˈɛː /

noun

  1. law
    1. the place in which a cause of action arises
    2. the place fixed for the trial of a cause
    3. the locality from which the jurors must be summoned to try a particular cause
  2. a meeting place
  3. any place where an organized gathering, such as a rock concert or public meeting, is held
  4. a position in an argument
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of venue1

1300–50; Middle English venue an attack < Middle French: literally, a coming, Old French, feminine past participle of venir to come < Vulgar Latin *ūٲ, for Latin venta, equivalent to ven ( ī ) to come + -ta feminine past participle suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of venue1

C14: from Old French, from venir to come, from Latin venī
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The 30th annual celebration brings more than 550 storytellers to the USC campus across seven outdoor stages and 15 indoor venues.

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The contract to stage snooker's premier event at the Sheffield theatre expires in two years' time, and Hearn says the venue is "no longer fit for purpose".

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Eubank Jr took his seat 15 minutes after the scheduled start time, leaving Benn and a few hundred of the boxing media waiting in a conference room overlooking the pitch at the fight night venue.

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Some young composers perform at iconic lakeside venues, others appear in lesser-known spaces worthy of discovery — think a sunrise concert in a hidden villa.

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The 77-year-old guitarist suffered a non-life-threatening medical emergency before he was set to perform at the Texas venue as part of his most recent tour.

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