See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. noun. 1. Law. 1  the place of a crime or cause of action. 2  the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried. 3  the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.  the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
But there are some things you can do to help this process along, or to minimize the formation of large, dark bruises in the first place. One way to help bruises fade is to stem the initial flow of blood quickly after a traumatic injury. Ice should be applied to a bruised area as soon as possible to reduce the number of small bleeders contributing to the injury.
Small bruises usually go away in a couple of days but big ones can take up to a couple of weeks. It all depends on how hard the impact was on the area of your body, and if the bruise is on a large muscular area or on bone. It depends how big and dark the bruise is. Small bruises go away in two-three days for me.