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renvoi

[ ren-voi ]

noun

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


renvoi

/ °ùÉ›²Ôˈ±¹É”ɪ /

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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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of renvoi1

1895–1900; < French: a return, derivative of renvoyer to send back. See re-, envoy 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of renvoi1

C17: from French: a sending back, from renvoyer , from re- + envoyer to send; see envoy 1
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The 89-page indictment – known as an “ordonnance de renvoi†in French – signed by French prosecuting judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke says AMS played a “central and essential role in the process†that diverted sponsorship funds to Papa Massata Diack.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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