Neighborhood; near dwell-lng; vicinity. 2 Bl. Comm. 33; Cowell. In modern usage, it means the county where a trial is had, a crime committed, etc. See State v. Crlnklaw, 40 Neb. 759, 59 N. W. 370; Convers v. Railway Co., 18 Mich. 468; Tay-lor v. Gardiner, 11 R. I. 184; Ex parte Mc-Neeley, 36 W. Va. 84, 14 S. E. 436, 15 L. R. A. 226, 32 Am. St Rep. 831
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
