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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.