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