Remand

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Origin

Middle English remaunden ("to send back") ← Middle French remander ("to send back") ← Late Latin remandare ("to send backward") ← Latin remandare ("to order")

Full definition of remand

Noun

1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

Verb

1. 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:
2. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
3. (obsolete) To send back.
• SouthRemand it to its former place.

Derived terms

• on remand
• remandment