renvoi
/rɛnˈvɔɪ/
noun
- In law, the process by which a court refers a legal issue to the law of another jurisdiction, which then refers it back to the original jurisdiction.
- The lawyers argued over whether renvoi should be accepted in this international contract dispute.
- Renvoi can create a circular problem when two legal systems keep referring back to each other.
- The judge applied the doctrine of renvoi to determine which country's laws governed the inheritance.