VICINAGE

Etymology

Noun

vicinage (plural vicinages)

(now rare) A surrounding district; a neighbourhood.

(now rare) The people of a neighbourhood.

The state of living near something; proximity, closeness.

(British, US, legal) The area where a crime was committed, a trial is being held, or the community from which jurors are drawn.

(New Jersey, legal) A geographical division of the New Jersey Superior Court, covering one or more counties, for judicial administration and the assignment of venue to an action within the Superior Court

Source: Wiktionary

Vi"ci*nage (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. veisinage, F. voisinage, from OF. veisin, F. voisin, neighboring, a neighbor, L. vicunus. See Vicinity.]

Definition: The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage. "To summon the Protestant gentleman of the vicinage." Macaulay. Civil war had broken up all the usual ties of vicinage and good neighborhood. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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