Associations to the word «Remand»

Wiktionary

REMAND, noun. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
REMAND, noun. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
REMAND, verb. To send a prisoner back to custody.
REMAND, verb. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
REMAND, verb. (obsolete) To send back.

Dictionary definition

REMAND, noun. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial).
REMAND, verb. Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision.
REMAND, verb. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life".

Wise words

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