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Remand

//ɹɪˈmɑːnd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial. countable, uncountable

    "On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more."

  2. 2
    the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal. countable, uncountable

    "If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To send a prisoner back to custody.

    "Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong.""

  2. 2
    refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision wordnet
  3. 3
    To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
  4. 4
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail wordnet
  5. 5
    To send back. obsolete

    "Remand it to its former place."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.

Etymology 2

From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.

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