Remand
[rɪ'mɑːnd] or [rɪ'mænd]
Definition
(noun.) the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial).
Checker: Velma--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To recommit; to send back.
(n.) The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Send back, order back.
Edited by Bradley
Definition
v.t. to recommit or send back.—n. state or act of being remanded or recommitted as a prisoner.—n. Rem′anence Rem′anency permanence.—adj. Rem′anent remaining: (Scot.) additional.—ns. Remanes′cence a residuum; Rem′anet a postponed case.
Editor: Woodrow
Examples
- It had been so managed as to make a remand necessary in a town where I was a perfect stranger, and where I could not hope to get my liberty on bail. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I will remand the order I despatched to my banker. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The remand merely extended over three days, until the next sitting of the magistrate. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Why, sir, it is under remand at present. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was brought up and remanded for further inquiries. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They remanded him till to-day, for they thought they knew the owner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Bucket gives me to understand that he will probably apply for a series of remands from time to time until the case is more complete. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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