Remand Definition

rĭ-mănd
remanded, remanding, remands
verb
remanded, remanding, remands
To send back; order to go back.
Webster's New World
To send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody, as to await trial or further investigation.
Webster's New World
To send (a case) back to a lower court for additional proceedings.
Webster's New World
To send back for further consideration; an appeals court may remand a case back to the lower court for further action or for a new trial;
Webster's New World Law
To send a prisoner back to custody after denying a plea for bail.
Webster's New World Law
noun
remands
A remanding or being remanded.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

Origin of Remand

  • Middle English remaunden from Old French remander from Late Latin remandāre to send back word Latin re- re- Latin mandāre to order man-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English remaunden (“to send back") ← Middle French remander (“to send back") ← Late Latin remandare (“to send backward") ← Latin remandare (“to order")

    From Wiktionary

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