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remand definition

re·mand (ri mand′)

transitive verb

  1. to send back; order to go back
  2. 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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