remitment
Noun: 1. (Law) The act of remitting, especially the referral of a law case to another court. This refers to the official process of sending a legal case or matter to a different court or authority for consideration or decision. 2. A payment of money sent to a person in another place. This refers to the act of transmitting funds, typically across a distance.
- Noun (Legal sense):
- The judge ordered the remitment of the complex jurisdictional issue to a federal court.
- The remitment of the case caused a significant delay in the proceedings.
- Noun (Financial sense):
- The company facilitates the remitment of salaries to employees working overseas.
- He handles the monthly remitment of funds to his family abroad.
- The term is formal and is most commonly encountered in legal and financial contexts. In everyday language, the noun "remittance" is far more frequent for the financial meaning.
- In legal writing, specifically denotes the action or order of transferring a case, distinguishing it from the broader concept of "remission" which can mean forgiveness or a reduction in intensity.
- Remit (verb): To send (money) in payment or as a gift; to refer (a matter for decision) to an authority; to cancel or refrain from exacting (a debt or punishment).
- Remittance (noun): A sum of money sent, especially by mail, in payment for goods or services or as a gift. (This is the standard term for the financial act.)
- Remission (noun): The cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty; a temporary diminution of the severity of disease or pain; the act of forgiving.
- Remittable (adjective): Capable of being remitted.
- (For legal sense): Referral, transfer, transmission.
- (For financial sense): Remittance, payment, transfer, dispatch.
This word has two distinct meanings based on context: 1. Legal/Procedural Meaning: The core idea is the sending back or referral of a legal matter to another venue. 2. Financial Meaning: The core idea is the sending of a payment to a recipient in a different location.
It is crucial to determine the context (legal documents vs. financial transactions) to understand which meaning is intended.
- (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- a payment of money sent to a person in another place