change the venue

  • 1change of venue — change of venue: a procedure available under title 28 section 1404 of the U.S. Code for the transfer of a case by a court in which the case is brought to another court where the case could have been properly brought and which would be more… …

    Law dictionary

  • 2change of venue — The removal of a suit begun in one county or district to another county or district for trial, though the term is also sometimes applied to the removal of a suit from one court to another court of the same county or district. In criminal cases a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3change of venue — The removal of a suit begun in one county or district to another county or district for trial, though the term is also sometimes applied to the removal of a suit from one court to another court of the same county or district. In criminal cases a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 4Change of venue — A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location. In high profile matters, a change of venue may occur to move a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread… …

    Wikipedia

  • 5change of venue — Law. the removal of a trial to another jurisdiction. * * * change of venue Change of place of trial • • • Main Entry: ↑venue * * * change of venue, a change of the place of a trial …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6change of venue — noun The removal of a trial to a locale other than that in which the case was first brought before a court. The defense moved for a change of venue, as the media coverage had made selecting an impartial jury from the small town impossible …

    Wiktionary

  • 7change of venue — The removal of a cause for trial from one county to another county. See 56 Am J1st Ven § 42 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 8change of venue — noun 1. a change of place. 2. Law the removal of trial to another jurisdiction …

  • 9change of venue — Law. the removal of a trial to another jurisdiction. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 10Venue — Ven ue, n. [F. venue a coming, arrival, fr. venir to come, L. venire; hence, in English, the place whither the jury are summoned to come. See {Come}, and cf. {Venew}, {Veney}.] 1. (Law) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English