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remand

[ri-mand, -mahnd]

verb (used with object)

to send back, remit, or consign again.

Law.

to send back (a case) to a lower court from which it was appealed, with instructions as to what further proceedings should be had.

(of a court or magistrate) to send back (a prisoner or accused person) into custody, as to await further proceedings.

noun

the act of remanding.

the state of being remanded.

a person remanded.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English remaunden (v.) < Old French remander < Late Latin remandāre to repeat a command, send back word, equivalent to re- re- + mandāre to entrust, enjoin; see mandate

Related forms

re·mand·ment, noun

un·re·mand·ed, adjective

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Example Sentences

The number of inmates on remand has doubled and now accounts for a third of the prison population.

The chance that a given remand prisoner will end his or her life in prison is not unusually high.

First, it might be suggested that if the first jury perversely acquitted, so too might a second jury on remand.

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remand (rɪˈmɑːnd)

—vb
1.	law (of a court or magistrate) to send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody or admit him to bail, esp on adjourning a case for further inquiries to be made
2.	to send back

—n
3.	the sending of a prisoner or accused person back into custody (or sometimes admitting him to bail) to await trial or continuation of his trial
4.	the act of remanding or state of being remanded
5.	on remand in custody or on bail awaiting trial or completion of one's trial

[C15: from Medieval Latin remandāre to send back word, from Latin re- + mandāre to command, confine; see mandate]

re'mandment

—n

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Word Origin & History

remand

1439, from M.Fr. remander (12c.), from L.L. remandare "to send back word, repeat a command," from L. re- "back" + mandare "to consign, order, commit to one's charge" (see mandate).

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"Lady of light, I would admit a dream
To you, if you would take it in your hand.
Will you not let it in a gentle stream
Of living blood? How else may I remand
Your light if not as pulse upon your ear?"

-Allen Tate

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