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Venue
Matched in: Term Venue
venue
Matched in: Term venue
Local venue
Matched in: Term Local venue
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change of venue
Matched in: Term change of venue
forum non conveniens
justice would be better served if the case were brought in a court having proper jurisdiction in another venue compare change of venue
Local actions
Local actions, those referring to some particular locality, as actions for trespasses to land, in which the venue must have been laid in the county where the cause of action arose. Real actions and the mixed
Testatum Writ
Testatum Writ, a process of execution which was issued into a different county than that in which the venue was laid in the declaration; it must have been founded on a writ ejusdem generis, issued into the
Assize, or assise
of Justice, are tried on circuit by a jury of twelve men of the county in which the venue is laid. See NISI PRIUS. (4) A commission of the peace, by which all justices are bound to
Transitory actions
Transitory actions were those in which the venue might be laid in any county. See VENU
Summons
a suit; as, for directions; to modify pleadings when inconvenient, to require security for costs, to change the venue, etc. There is an appeal from the decision of a master to the judge, and from the judge's
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