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verb / noun

remand

rih-MAND/rɪˈmænd/

An order returning a person or case for further legal proceedings.

The judge remands the defendant to custody until the next hearing.

A compact three-stage sequence shows the same defendant leaving a court holding cell, appearing before a judge, and being escorted back into that same cell after the judge's direction.
Etymology
reLatinback
+mandLatinto order; commit to someone's charge

“Back” combines with a verb of ordering or entrusting: remand came to mean ordering someone to return. Its legal use applies that command to returning a defendant to custody or a lower court.

In context

FRONTLINE PBS | Official43:44
You know, remanding him, he comes back out to a halfway house, remand again, he comes back out to a halfway house.
Life on Parole (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

More examples

  • The appeals court remanded the case for a new trial.
  • On remand, the lower court must reconsider the evidence.
  • The judge is remanding him to custody pending sentencing.

Forms

remand · remands · remanded · remanding

Similar words

return
Means send back generally, without requiring a legal order.
commit
Can mean order into custody, without implying a return.