Plural of venue; places where events or meetings are held, or in legal terms, jurisdictions where cases are tried.
From Old French 'venue' meaning 'a coming', from 'venir' (to come) from Latin 'venire'. The legal sense developed from the idea of where people 'come' for justice.
In law, 'venue' shopping occurs when lawyers try to file cases in jurisdictions most favorable to their clients - turning the literal meaning of 'where people come' into strategic legal maneuvering!
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