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Webster 1913 Edition
Remand
Re-mand′
(r?-m?nd′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Remanded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Remanding
.] [F.
remander
to send word again, L. remandare
; pref. re-
re- + mandare
to commit, order, send word. See Mandate
.] To recommit; to send back.
Remand
it to its former place. South.
Then were they
remanded
to the cage again. Bunyan.
Re-mand′
,Noun.
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Remand
REM'AND
,Verb.
T.
To call or send back him or that which is ordered to a place; as, to remand an officer from a distant place; to remand an envoy from a foreign court.
Definition 2024
remand
remand
English
Noun
remand (uncountable)
- The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
- The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
Translations
sending an accused person back into custody
sending a matter back to a lower court
Verb
remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)
- To send a prisoner back to custody.[1]
- To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
- (obsolete) To send back.
- South
- Remand it to its former place.
- South
Derived terms
- on remand
- remandment
Translations
send a prisoner back to custody
send a case back to a lower court
References
- ↑ A modern legal definition includes the possibility of bail being granted, so in the United Kingdom at least, this does not necessarily imply custody: “Bail Act 1976”, in (Please provide the title of the work), www.opsi.gov.uk, accessed 2010-04-02