Venia
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A kneeling or low prostration on the ground by penitents; pardon.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Pardon; forgiveness; indulgence. Venise facllitas incentivnm est delinquendi: facility of pardon is an incentive to crime.
In the civil law. Favor; privilege. Venia aetatis: the privilege of age; a privilege granted to a person not of age, by which he is entitled to act as if he were of age.