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PLACE

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pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality. 2. In local actions, the plaintiff must lay his venue in the county in which the action arose. It is a general rule, that the place of every traversable fact, stated in the pleading, must be distinctly alleged; Com. Dig. Pleader, c. 20; Cro. Eliz. 78, 98; Lawes’ Pl. 57; Bac. Ab. Venue, B; Co. Litt. 303 a; and some place must be alleged for every such fact; this is done by designating the city, town, village, parish or district, together with the county in which the fact is alleged to have occurred; and the place thus designated, is called the venue. 3. In transitory actions, the place laid in the declaration, need not be the place where the cause of action arose, unless when required by statute. In local actions, the plaintiff will be confined in his proof to the county laid in the declaration. 4. In criminal cases the facts must be laid and proved to have been committed within the jurisdiction of the court, or the defendant must be acquitted.

Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition

An old form of the word “pleas.” Thus the “Court of Common Pleas” was sometimes called the “Court of Common Place.” This word is a very indefinite term. It is applied to any locality, limited by boundaries, however large or however small. It may be used to designate a country, state, county, town, or a very small portion of a town. The extent of the locality designated by it must generally be determined by the connection in which it is used. Law v. Fairfield, 46 Vt. 432. Place of contract. The place (country or state) in which a contract is made, ana whose law must determine questions affecting the execution, validity, and construction or the contract. Scudder v. Union Nat. Bank, 91 U. S. 412, 23 L. Ed. 245. Place of delivery. The place where delivery is to be made of goods sold. If no place is specified in the contract, the articles sold must, in general, be delivered at the place where they are at the time of the sale. Hatch v. Standard Oil Co., 100 U. S. 134, 25 L. Ed. 554. Place where. A phrase used in the older reports, being a literal translation of locus in quo, (q. v.)

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