Definitions

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  • noun Discharge, firing.
  • noun 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.
  • noun Temporary call forwarding.

Etymologies

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From French renvoi.

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Examples

  • De plus, LUTS demande un renvoi en EMS, l'EMS n'existant pas chez nous, a chaque fois qu'ils envoient quelque chose c chronopost qui prend le relais donc je fais pareil. ca doit etre l'equivalent!!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • It also ignores that states have choice of law doctrine including renvoi precisely for this reason, which is why the procedure/substance distinction is so indeterminate.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » More on that Tenth Circuit adoption decision: 2007

  • It also ignores that states have choice of law doctrine including renvoi precisely for this reason, which is why the procedure/substance distinction is so indeterminate.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » More on that Tenth Circuit adoption decision: 2007

  • After dinner, the renvoi of Genet was proposed by himself.

    The Anas 1818

  • Hamilton was for the renvoi; spoke much of the dignity of the nation; that they were now to form their character; that our conduct now would tempt or deter other foreign Ministers from treating us in the same manner; touched on the President's personal feelings; did not believe France would make it a cause of war; if she did, we ought to do what was right, and meet the consequences, &c.

    The Anas 1818

  • Hamilton was for the _renvoi_; spoke much of the dignity of the nation; that they were now to form their character; that our conduct now would tempt or deter other foreign ministers from treating us in the same manner; touched on the President's personal feelings; did not believe France would make it

    Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Thomas Jefferson 1784

  • After dinner, the _renvoi_ of Genet was proposed by himself.

    Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Thomas Jefferson 1784

  • Je cite, évidemment, la décision de la Cour suprême dans le renvoi relatif à la sécession du Québec

    Liblogs.ca latest blog entries 2009

  • Je cite, évidemment, la décision de la Cour suprême dans le renvoi relatif à la sécession du Québec

    Liblogs.ca latest blog entries 2009

  • À deux reprises, soit le 3 juin 2008 et le 30 mars 2009, les députés du Parlement ont adopté une motion demandant au gouvernement de cesser immédiatement toute action de renvoi ou d’expulsion entreprise contre les résistants à la guerre en Irak et leurs familles, et d’établir un programme leur permettant de demander le statut de résident permanent au Canada.

    immigration critics to jason kenney: respect the will of parliament, do not deport war resisters! 2009

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