Definition of remand Remand

/ɹɪmæˈnd/ - [rimand] - re•mand

We found 10 definitions of remand from 6 different sources.

What does remand mean?

Plural: remands

remand - the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

return a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

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remand (Noun)
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
remand (Noun)
The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
remand (Verb)
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.
remand (Verb)
To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.

remand
rē-mand, 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. [O. Fr. remander—L. remandāre—re-, back, mandāre, to order.]

remand
To send back; as when a soldier who has been discharged from prison or the guard-house, for the purpose of being examined or tried, is sent back to await the final decision of his case.