Def 7:
remit
vb (mainly tr) , -mits, -mitting or -mitted
1. (Commerce) (also intr) to send (money, payment, etc), as for goods or service, esp by post
2. (Law) law (esp of an appeal court) to send back (a case or proceeding) to an inferior court for further consideration or action
3. (Law) to cancel or refrain from exacting (a penalty or punishment)
4. (also intr) to relax (pace, intensity, etc) or (of pace or the like) to slacken or abate
5. to postpone; defer
6. to pardon or forgive (crime, sins, etc)
n
7. the area of authority or responsibility of an individual or a group: by taking that action, the committee has exceeded its remit.
8. (Law) law the transfer of a case from one court or jurisdiction to another, esp from an appeal court to an inferior tribunal