remand
UK/ɹɪˈmɑːnd//ɹəˈmænd/
remand noun: the act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
Noun
remand (countable and uncountable, plural remands)
- The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
- On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more.1983 December 31, Gary Phillips, “Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 15
- 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, page 139
- The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
- 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, page 102
Verb
remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)
- To send a prisoner back to custody.
- Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong."1976 February 7, “A Liberation Publication?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 5
- The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.2019, Martin Wasik, Core Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing 2019-20, page 74
- To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
- To send back.
- Remand it to its former place.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
remand meaning in Tamil and Kannada
remand in Tamil
- காவலில் வைத்தல்
remand in Kannada
- ಹವಾಲತ್ತು, ಹವಾಲತ್ತು ಮಾಡುವುದು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಸೆರೆಯಲ್ಲಿಡು, ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸು, ವಾಪಸ್ಸು ಕಳುಹಿಸು, ಕೈದಿಯನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಸೆರೆಮನೆಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸು
Examples of remand in a sentence
- The man was on remand for armed robbery.
- The young pantheon had remanded their elders to the role of smouldering, chthonic gods; to inhabiting dark, deep places, hidden from mortal eyes and influence.
- After him followed a requisitory from the Audencia of Lima that he be taken and remanded to that city.
Forms of remand
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | remands |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | remands |
| present participle | remanding |
| past participle | remanded |
| past | remanded |
Origin of remand
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.
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Questions about remand
- What does remand mean?
- Remand means the act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
- What is remand in Tamil?
- Remand in Tamil is காவலில் வைத்தல். See Remand meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is remand?
- Remand can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce remand?
- Remand is pronounced /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of remand?
- The plural of remand is remands.
Words near remand in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: remand (page history and authors); remand (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remand (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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