renvoi

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Cross-reference in text; a sign that refers to something introduced earlier in a text.

Etymology

From French renvoi.

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