Visne
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The neighborhood; a neighboring place; a place near at hand; the venue. Formerly the visne was confined to the immediate neghborhood where the cause of action arose, and many verdicts were disturbed because the visne was too large, which becoming a great grievance, several statutes were passed to remedy the evil.
21 Jac. I. 0.
13, gives aid after verdict, where the visne is partly wrong, — that is, Car. II. c. 8, goes further, and cures defects of the visne wholly, so that the cause is tried by a jury of the proper county. See "Venue." VISUS (Lat.) In old English practice. View; inspection, either of a place or person. Examination or inspection by jurors of the subject of an action. Fleta, lib.
4, c. 6, § 1 et seq.
See "Vew." vrSUS TERRAE (L. Lat.) In old English practice. View of land.
Stat. Westm. 2, c. 48.