Definition of "vicinage" []

• A limited region around a particular area; a vicinity. (noun)
• A number of places situated near each other and considered as a group. (noun)
• The residents of a particular neighborhood. (noun)
• The state of living in a neighborhood; proximity. (noun)

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• "This shows that vicinage is not taken seriously by lawyers or judges."
• "Several other “rights” provisions also disappeared, including those asserting separation of powers, giving persons with religious scruples exemption from military service, and requiring that criminal trials be in the “vicinage” of the crime."
• "Joseph McDowell also said that none of the objections to Article III had been answered to his satisfaction, and trial by a jury of the vicinage or neighborhood, which the Constitution failed to secure in civil cases, “is one of the greatest securities for property.”"