The story
- French · derived fromrenvoi
- English todayrenvoi
From French renvoi.
Words from the same roots
Frenchrenvoi all →
renvoy
First known use, by meaning
- 17th c. A return.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
renvoi
Today it means: 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. Full definition →