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IC ALL
Google is amazing....
Google is amazing for getting the wrong answer.
Read what you pasted:
The airman may volunteer to surrender the certificate in question for cancellation. If this occurs, the airman has no re-issuance rights other than passing all knowledge, oral, and practical tests."
The read what Chinook asked:
voluntarily surrender your certificate pending reexamination
IOW, surrendering his civilian certificate temporarily as part of an arrangement to defer the 709 until a better time.
Chinook, AFAIK, there's no "official" term for it, but it's generally referred to as a "voluntary suspension pending reexamination."
There are even cases in which the FAA has accepted a voluntary suspension of a =rating= pending reexamination - suspending the certificate and then issuing a temporary one without the rating until the 709 ride. For example, if a pilot get's 709'd for an IFR event, the FAA might allow the pilot to contiue to fly VFR until the 709 ride. Or if the reexamination is in relation to a type rating, the FAA might accept temporary suspension and issue a temporary certificate without the type rating.
Good that you have a lawyer. It's understanding that you can, and knowing how to, make arrangements like this that is one of the benefits.