English Explanatory Dictionary

remand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  2. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
  3. To send back.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈmɑːnd/ /ɹəˈmænd/ En-us-remand.ogg

Word forms

remand remands remanding remanded

Etymology

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.

Derived words

remand centre remand home on remand remandable remandee remandment unremanded
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