vicinage

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)

Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

neighborhood, and 'vicinage of the jury' meant jury of the neighborhood or, in medieval England, jury of the county.

Defined by the Supreme Court in Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 (1970).

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The neighborhood; the venue. VICINETUM (Lat.) The neighborhood; vicinage; the venue. Co. Litt. 158i). VICINI VICINIORA PRAESUMUNTUR scire. Neighbors are presumed to know things of the neighborhood. 4 Inst. 173. VICINIA (Lat. from vicirms, near).

In the civil law. Nearness of dwelling; neighborhood; a neighborhood; a neighboring place. Distinguished from confinium, as being applied to urban estates. Calv. Lex.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Vicinity; neighborhood.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The neighborhood; the venue. See Ex parte Mc Neeley, 3G W. Va. 84, 14 S. E. 436, 15 L. R. A. 226, 32 Am. St. Rep. S31; Jury. VICINETUM (Lat). The neighborhood; vicinage; the venue. Co. Litt 158 6. See Visne.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Neighborhood; near dwelling; vicinity. 2 Bl. Comm. 33; Cowell. In modern usage, it means the county where a trial is bad, a crime committed, etc. See Sinte v. Crinklaw, 40 Neb. 759, 59 N. W. 370; Con vers v. Railway Co.., 18 Mich. 468; Taylor v. Gardiner, 11 R. I. 184; Ex parte Me-Neeley, 36 W. Va. 84, 14 S. E. 436, 15 In R. A. 226, 32 Am. St Rep. 831.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fr. and eng. Neighborhood; near dwelling; vicinity.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The.neighborhood; the vicinity. See Pais.