venue
venue Lexical Profile
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• noun
The place or facility where something happens, especially an organized event such as a concert, conference, wedding, or sports competition.
"The organizers decided to move the music festival to a larger outdoor venue to accommodate the growing crowd."
In law, the county, district, or geographical jurisdiction in which a court with authority may hear and determine a case, or from which a jury is drawn.
"The defense attorney requested a change of venue, arguing that extensive local media coverage made an impartial trial impossible."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 14th century from Old French 'venue' (an arrival or coming), the feminine past participle of 'venir' (to come), from Latin 'venire'. In Anglo-French legal usage, it referred to the neighborhood from which a jury was summoned to hear a case, before broadening in the 19th century to mean the site of any public gathering or event.