The action or process of referring a case or dispute to the jurisdiction of another country.
〔律〕反致
Example sentencesExamples
This game of jurisdictional ping-pong is prevented by the doctrine of renvoi, which stops the game after one round if the country applies single renvoi.
Finally, acceptance of GE's interpretation would give rise to an inconsistency between Alberta and Ontario statutory registration procedures and potentially create a renvoi.
However, this first-degree renvoi allowed by Spanish law is not compulsory (the wording used is ‘it will be taken into account’).
Origin
Late 19th century: French, from renvoyer 'send back'.