A Venue
- A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
- (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, or the district from which a jury comes.
- (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
- (sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
| Usage notes |
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.
| Synonyms |
See come, and confer venew, veney.
| Hyponyms |
stadium
arena