Definition of remands Remands
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What does remands mean?
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| 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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Wiktionary 
- 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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- remand (v. t.)
To recommit; to send back. - remand (n.)
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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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.
