In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REMANDED
Verb
remanded
simple past tense and past participle of remand
Anagrams
• damneder, demander, mandered, redemand
Source: Wiktionary
REMAND
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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