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RENDITION

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RENDITIONcrossref
Bouvier's Law Dictionary • 1928
See FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE; EXTRADITION.
RENDITIONn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war. The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. Evelyn. Translation; rendering; version. This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse. South.
renditionnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. | A given visual reproduction of something. | Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work. | Formal deliverance of a verdict. | The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction. | The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.). | The handing over of a person or thing.
renditionverb
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another.

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