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remand

re·mand

UK/ɹɪˈmɑːnd/ US/ɹəˈmænd/ uncommon obsolete
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

Synonyms
2.

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”
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noun

1.

the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

Origin

From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.

Phrases

  • on remand
  • remand centre
  • remand home

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