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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.
[L. re and mando.]
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)

  1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
  2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

Translations

Verb

remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)

  1. To send a prisoner back to custody.[1]
  2. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
  3. (obsolete) To send back.
    • South
      Remand it to its former place.

Derived terms

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References

  1. 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