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

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

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

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

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

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