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“Renvoyer”
The meaning of the word Renvoi is to “Send back” or
to “return unopened”
It is the process by which a court adopts the “Rule of a
These are:
i) The judge may take the 'law of Italy' to mean the internal law of Italy;
or
ii) He may decide the case by applying private international law of Italy.
on the assumption that the doctrine of renvoi is recognized by English
law; or
iii) He may take the 'Law of Italy' to mean the law which a Italian judge
would administer if he were seized of the matter.
This three possible courses will now be discussed...