reconduction

English

Etymology

From reconduct +‎ -ion. Borrowed from Middle French reconduction in the “repeat lease” sense, itself from Medieval Latin recondūctiō from recondūcere already used by classical Roman jurisprudence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌriːkənˈdʌkʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

reconduction (plural reconductions)

1. Repeat undertaking or restoration.
   • 2020, Steffen Erdle, Ben Ali's 'New Tunisia' (1987-2009). A Case Study of Authoritarian Modernization in the Arab World, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 126:

     Most importantly, the suicide attacks of 11 September and the ensuing ‘war against terror’ greatly facilitated the neutralization of the protest movement and the ‘reconduction’ of public order.

2. (law, historical) Repeat locatio conductio.
3. (archaic) The conveying something back, escort to its original place.
   • 1905, Lassa Oppenheim, International Law. A Treatise. Volume I‎^[1], 2nd edition, Frankfurt am Main: Outlook Verlag, published 2018, →ISBN, page 309:

     Since Savarkar was prima facie a political criminal, France demanded that England should give him and should request his extradition in a formal way, but England refused to compl with this demand, and the parties, therefore, agreed to have the conflict decided by the Court of Arbitration at The Hague. The award, while admitting that an irregularity had been committed by the reconduction of Savarkar to the British vessel, decided, correctly, I believe, in favour of Great Britain, asserting that there was no rule of International Law imposing, in circumstances such as those which have been set out above, any obligation on the Power which has in its custody a prisoner, to restore him on account of a mistake committed by the foreign agent who delivered him up to that Power.

Further reading

• “reconduction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ conduction.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

reconduction f (plural reconductions)

1. renewal

Further reading

• “reconduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.