Remand

//ɹɪˈmɑːnd//

Synonyms for "remand" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

remit assign bring back commend commit commit to prison commitment committal confide consign consignment delegate

Strong matches (17)

enfeoff entrust extradite extradition give back give in charge give in trust giving back imprison imprisonment infeudate institutionalize

Verb(5 words)

gaol immure imprison incarcerate jail

Related words (28)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

challenge confine detain return

Synonyms

2 entries

imprison remit

derived

7 entries

on remand remand centre remand home remandable remandee remandment unremanded

is a

1 entries

return

related to

11 entries

accused act appellate court custody disposal lower court prisoner review send trial

Translations

28 translations across 13 languages.

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

還押 /还押 verb (send a prisoner back to custody)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

還押 /还押 noun (sending an accused person back into custody)

Czech

1 entries

vrácení do vyšetřovací vazby noun (sending an accused person back into custody)

Dutch

1 entries

verwijzen noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)

Finnish

4 entries

palauttaminen noun (sending an accused person back into custody)
palauttaminen noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)
palauttaa verb (send a prisoner back to custody)
palauttaa verb (send a case back to a lower court)

French

4 entries

maintien (en détention préventive) noun (sending an accused person back into custody)
renvoi (devant une autre cour) noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)
maintenir verb (send a prisoner back to custody)
renvoyer verb (send a case back to a lower court)

German

3 entries

Präventivhaft noun (sending an accused person back into custody)
Zurückverweisung noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)
zurückverweisen verb (send a case back to a lower court)

Hungarian

2 entries

előzetes letartóztatás noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)
vizsgálati fogság noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)

Manx

4 entries

aachur noun (sending an accused person back into custody)
aachur noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)
cur er ash noun (sending an accused person back into custody)
cur er ash noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

varetekstarrest noun (sending an accused person back into custody)
varetekstfengsling noun (sending an accused person back into custody)

Romanian

1 entries

arest preventiv noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)

Spanish

2 entries

remandar verb (send a prisoner back to custody)
remandar verb (send a case back to a lower court)

Swedish

2 entries

återförvisning noun (sending a matter back to a lower court)
återförvisa verb (send a case back to a lower court)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I will remand the order I despatched to my banker.

Source: tatoeba (10017429)

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

Source: wiktionary

As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.

Source: wiktionary

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 […]

Source: wiktionary

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