RENVOI
renvoi (ren-voy), n.[French “sending back”] 1. The doctrine under which a court in resorting
to foreign law adopts as well the foreign law’s conflict-of-laws principles, which may in turn refer
the court back to the law of the forum. [Cases: Action 17. C.J.S. Actions §§ 18–20; Conflict of
Laws§§ 2–3, 12, 15, 20, 23, 27–32, 34–40, 42–48, 50–65, 96–97, 100, 102, 105–107.] 2. The
problem arising when one state’s rule on conflict of laws refers a case to the law of another state,
and that second state’s conflict-of-law rule refers the case either back to the law of the first state or
to a third state. See CONFLICT OF LAWS. 3.RECONDUCTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]