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Definition of Remand
1. Verb. Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision.
Generic synonyms: Challenge
Derivative terms: Remission, Remit, Remitment
2. Noun. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial).
3. Verb. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. "They want to remand the prisoners "; "The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Confine, Detain
Derivative terms: Gaol, Gaoler, Immurement, Imprisonment, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Jail, Jailer, Jailor
Definition of Remand
1. v. t. To recommit; to send back.
2. n. The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
Definition of Remand
1. Noun. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial. ¹
2. Noun. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal. ¹
3. Verb. To send a prisoner back to custody.A modern legal definition includes the possibility of bail being granted, so in the United Kingdom at least, this does not necessarily imply custody: (cite web url= title= Bail Act 1976 publisher=www.opsi.gov.uk accessdate=2010-04-02 ) ¹
4. Verb. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Remand
1. to send back [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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