venue

[ven-yoo] /ˈvɛn yu/
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.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English venue an attack < Middle French: literally, a coming, Old French, feminine past participle of venir to come < Vulgar Latin *venūta, for Latin venta, equivalent to ven(īre) to come + -ta feminine past participle suffix
Examples from the web for venue
  • Perhaps this is the improper venue to discuss such philosophical work.
  • Also, you might check to see if the meeting venue has a facility for printing posters.
  • So this letter is obviously another venue in which you present yourself.
  • According to my personal experience, this has much more to do with the contents of the paper than with the venue it was presented.
  • And in part it's simply a useful venue for discussions, since ethnography is still an emerging tool in technology industries.
  • It's more importantly about being able to present ourselves in multiple ways depending upon the venue, conversation and audience.
  • Health care is not a venue in which to exert your desire to shape the content of people's lives.
  • They are an appropriate venue for trying detainees for violations of the laws of war.
  • We're putting together and producing a modern-day venue for a modern-day sport.
  • It is not a distinguished venue for statesmen or their surrogates to spend their time in.
British Dictionary definitions for venue

venue

/ˈvɛnjuː/
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.
(mainly US) a position in an argument
Word Origin
C14: from Old French, from venir to come, from Latin venīre
Word Origin and History for venue
n.

early 14c., "a coming for the purpose of attack," from Old French venue "coming," from fem. past participle of venir "to come," from Latin venire "to come," from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come" (cf. Old English cuman "to come;" see come). The sense of "place where a case in law is tried" is first recorded 1530s. Extended to locality in general, especially "site of a concert or sporting event" (1857). Change of venue is from Blackstone (1768).