visne

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VISNE, noun [Latin vicinia.] In law, a neighborhood or near place; the place where an action is laid. In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue. The twelve men who are to try the cause, must be of the same venue where the demand is made. VEN'UE, noun A thrust. [See Veney.]
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