Meaning of REMAND
| Pronunciation: | | ri'mand
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- [n] the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
- [v] of appeal courts
- [v] lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
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| | Synonyms: | | gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remit, send back |
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| | See Also: | | challenge, confine, detain, return | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Re*mand"\ (r?-m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remanded}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Remanding}.] [F. remander to send word again,
L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send
word. See {Mandate}.]
To recommit; to send back.
Remand it to its former place. --South.
Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.
\Re*mand"\, n.
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
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| | Definition: | | To send a dispute back to the court where it was originally heard. Usually it is an appellate court that remands a case for proceedings in the trial court consistent with the appellate court's ruling. |
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