noun
rendition
The transfer of a suspect to another jurisdiction or country.
The report documents the suspect's rendition to another country.
Etymology
The Latin verb means giving back or handing over. Legal rendition applies that transfer to delivering a person into another authority's custody.
More examples
- Lawyers challenge the legality of the rendition.
- The government releases records concerning several renditions.
- The hearing examines who authorized the prisoner's rendition.
Forms
rendition · renditions
Similar words
- transfer
- Any movement between locations or authorities, without the specific legal context.
- extradition
- Extradition is a formal legal surrender between jurisdictions; rendition is a broader transfer term.