remand
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French remander (“to send back”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Late Latin" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. remandare (“to send backward”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin remandare (“to order”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ænd
Noun
remand (uncountable)
- The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
- 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, p. 139:
- As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.
- 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, p. 139:
- The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
- 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, p. 102:
- 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, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, p. 102:
Translations
sending an accused person back into custody
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sending a matter back to a lower court
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Verb
remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)
- To send a prisoner back to custody.[1]
- To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
- (obsolete) To send back.
- South
- Remand it to its former place.
- South
Derived terms
Translations
send a prisoner back to custody
send a case back to a lower court
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References
- ^ 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 book title or journal name)[1], www.opsi.gov.uk, 2010 April 2 (last accessed)