renvoi

American  

[ren-voi] / rɛnˈvɔɪ /

noun

1. the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.

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renvoi British  

/ rɛnˈvɔɪ /

noun

1. the referring of a dispute or other legal question to a jurisdiction other than that in which it arose

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Etymology

Origin of renvoi

1895–1900; < French: a return, derivative of renvoyer to send back. See re-, envoy ¹

Example Sentences

Quand je suis partie voir le proviseur-adjoint du lycée, la seule solution qu’elle a trouvée était notre renvoi à tous les deux si nous n’apaisions pas les tensions qu’il avait provoquées.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2016

Hamilton and Knox were decidedly in favor of stronger measures and of deciding then and there upon the "renvoi" of Genet.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

After a lengthy review of the case it declared unanimously that the whole accusation against Dreyfus had been disproved, and it quashed the judgment of the Rennes court-martial sans renvoi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Je ne me flatte point de vous revoir l'ann`ee prochaine, et le renvoi que vous voulez que je vous fasse de vos lettres est ce qui m'en fait denier.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

Le Congr�s d�cide le renvoi � la Commission de R�daction.

From Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question by Wolf, Lucien