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A Venue

  1. A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
  2. (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.
  3. (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
  4. (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