Visne

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Visne \Visne\ (?; 277), n. [OF. visn['e], veisin['e], visnet,
     neighborhood, LL. vicinatus, fr. L. vicunus neighboring, a
     neighbor. See {Vicinity}.] (Law)
     Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See {Venue}.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  VISNE. The neighborhood; a neighboring place; a place near at hand; the 
  venue. (q.v.) 
       2. Formerly the visne was confined to the immediate neighborhood, where 
  the cause of action arose, and many verdicts were disturbed because the 
  visne was too large, which, becoming a great grievance several statutes were 
  passed to remedy the evil. The 21 James I, c. 13, gives aid after verdict 
  where the visne is partly wrong, that is, where it is warded out of too many 
  or too few places in the county named. The 16 and 17 Charles II. c. 8, goes 
  further, and cures defects of the visne wholly, so that the cause is tried 
  by a jury of the proper county. Vide Venue.