Definition of "venue" []

• Law The locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs. (noun)
• Law The locality or political division from which a jury is called and in which a trial is held. (noun)
• Law The clause within a declaration naming the locality in which a trial will be held. (noun)
• Law The clause in an affidavit naming the place where it was sworn to. (noun)
• The scene or setting in which something takes place; a locale: "that non-cinematic venue of popular nightmares, the discotheque” ( P.J. O'Rourke). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I said, 'I don't think the venue is the most important thing here.'"
• "Will you stay at the Olympic village if your venue is an hour away?"
• "So we're wandering around outside the YMCA because the venue is an all ages club that sets up in the Y on Saturday nights."