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remanding

remanding is the present participle and gerund of remand.

Meaning of remand

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) 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

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Questions about remanding

What is remanding the present participle and gerund of?
Remanding is the present participle and gerund of remand.

Words near remanding in the dictionary

  1. remanded
  2. remandee
  3. remandees
  4. remandest
  5. remandeth
  6. remanding
  7. remandment
  8. remandments
  9. remands
  10. remanence
  11. remanences

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