remand
remand
Definition
re·mand (ri mand′)
transitive verb
- to send back; order to go back
- Law
- to send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody, as to await trial or further investigation
- 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
v
- 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
- bail: All three were remanded on bail for three weeks for reports.
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
- custody: He was remanded into custody pending very loud reports.
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
- currently: He is currently remanded in custody charged with various offenses.
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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