Ventre Inspiciendo
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See De Ventre Inspiciendo; Jury of Women; Physical Examination. VENUE (L. Lat. visnetum, neighborhood. The word was formerly spelled visne. Co. Litt 125 a). The county in which the facts are alleged to have occurred, and from which the jury are to come to try the issue. Gould, PI. c. be alleged as the place of ‘occurrence for each traversable fact; Com. Dig. Pleader (C. 20). Generally, in modern pleading, in civil practice, no special allegation is needed in the body of the declaration, the venue in the margin being understood to be the place of occurrence till the contrary is shown; Cocke v. Kendall, Hempst 230, Fed. Cas. No. 2,929 b. In local actions the true venue must be laid; that is, the action must be brought in the county where the cause of action arose, where the property is situated, in actions affecting real property; Deacon v. Shreve, 23
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910