Rendering, surrendering. Used in various senses, 1601–1716: N.E.D.
1859. You are against the rendition of the black man in pursuance of the Constitution; and you give up a white man who has sought an asylum on our shores without the form or substance of law or treaty.—S. S. Cox, ‘Eight Years in Congress,’ p. 108 (1865).
1860. The subject of the rendition of fugitive slaves can be adjusted to the satisfaction of the injured property-holder, and without dishonor to ourselves.—Letter of Judge John A. Campbell to the people of Alabama.—O. J. Victor, ‘The History … of the Southern Rebellion,’ i. 86 (1861).
1860. The same article of the Constitution stipulates also for the rendition by the several States of fugitives from justice from the other States.—Declaration of Independence of So. Carolina.—Id., i. 98.
1860. The States acting in their sovereign capacity should be responsible for the rendition of fugitive slaves.—Mr. Rhett in the So. Carolina Convention.—Id., i. 213.
1860. It is the duty of the Postmaster General to enforce the prompt rendition of … quarterly accounts.—Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 1: Cong. Globe, p. 12/1, App.
1861. There has been difficulty about the rendition of fugitives from justice.—Mr. Howard of Michigan, House of Repr., Feb. 26: id., p. 1226/3.
1861. If a Southern slaveholder seizes his slave in Massachusetts, and proves his claim to him, the Personal Liberty law offers not the slightest obstacle to his rendition.—Unnamed authority, cited by O. J. Victor, ‘The History … of the Southern Rebellion,’ i. 138.
1861. The rendition of fugitives from justice has, at all times, and especially lately, been a source of much irritation between the States, and has recently connected itself, unhappily, with the subject of Slavery.—Majority Report of the Congressional Committee of Thirty-three.—Id., i. 212.
1865. The doctrine of the Trinity is not believed by every one who refuses to combat it, and whose assent fear and education have compelled. It is too grand and awful for that. It requires a complete rendition of Reason, such as only the strongest affection can prompt and sustain.—Yale Lit. Mag., xxx. 268 (July).
