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renvoi

renvoi

English

Noun

renvoi (countable and uncountable, plural renvois)

  1. Discharge, firing.
  2. (law): A situation in which a court, tasked with deciding which state's law should apply to a case, decides to apply the law of the forum based on the determination that a court from another involved state would also apply the law of the forum.
  3. temporary call forwarding
  4. cross-reference (in text)

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French

Etymology

From the verb renvoyer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.vwa/

Noun

renvoi m (plural renvois)

  1. act of returning, of sending back
  2. firing (dismissal)
  3. (sports) clearance