remand

remand Definition

re·mand (ri mand′)

transitive verb

to send back; order to go back
Law
1. to send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody, as to await trial or further investigation
2. to send (a case) back to a lower court for additional proceedings

Etymology: ME remaunden < OFr remander < LL remandare, to notify in return < L re-, back + mandare, to order: see mandate

noun

a remanding or being remanded

remand Law Definition

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;
To send a prisoner back to custody after denying a plea for bail.

remand Usage Examples

Object

defendant: Bail 39 A court can remand a defendant in custody, or can grant bail, with or without conditions.
prisoner: Visitors to remand prisoners do not require a Visiting order to attend.
person: Finally the Judge must decide whether to remand the person in bail or in custody.

Preposition: on

Adjective modifier

custodial: One in eight breaches led to a custodial remand.
secure: Offenses such as robbery, aggravated burglary, and more serious assaults already attract secure remands.

Converse of object

grant: The Bench retired to consult and they decided to grant remand for a fortnight.

Preposition: into

Modifies a noun

prisoner: In 2002 the average age of a remand prisoner was 29.
prison: The remand prisons are much better than the situation at the camp.
hearing: Target 25 % of bail and remand hearings in respect of young offenders to be conducted by live video link.
center: They can be bailed with or without conditions or remanded in custody to a prison or remand center.
population: The remand population pushes the number to twelve thousand.
home: I was in and out of remand home so many times, she had me put into care.

Modifying Another Word

Preposition: in

custody: Sanday resident remanded in custody A Sanday resident was remanded in custody on Monday, charged with several driving offenses.
prison: One boy on remand in prison stated: ' It hurts all the time.

Preposition: for

inquiry: Prisoners were remanded for further inquiries, bail being refused.
assessment: This practice suggests that the power of remand for assessment may not be of practical value.

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