Sekirov Dictionary

remand

UK /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/US /ɹəˈmænd/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 5

verb3

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To send a prisoner back to custody.
- Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong." — 1976
To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
•
(no longer used) To send back.
- Remand it to its former place. — 1692

noun2

•
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
- On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more. — 1983
•
The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
- If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […] — 2010

forms

remanded · remanding · remandeth · remands · remandest

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