REMAND

remand

(noun) the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

remit, remand, send back

(verb) refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand

(verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; “The suspects were imprisoned without trial”; “the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

remand (uncountable)

The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.

The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

Verb

remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)

To send a prisoner back to custody.

To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.

(obsolete) To send back.

Anagrams

• Erdman, Marden, Menard, Redman, damner, mander, manred, mrenda, red man, redman

Source: Wiktionary


Re*mand" (r-mnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Remanding.] Etym: [F. remander to send word again, L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate.]

Definition: To recommit; to send back. Remand it to its former place. South. Then were they remanded to the cage again. Bunyan.

Re*mand", n.

Definition: The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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