Remand Meaning
/ɹɪˈmɑːnd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
nounThe act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
Sentence Examples
I will remand the order I despatched to my banker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge decided to ____ the suspect until the next hearing because he might flee.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge decided to ____ the suspect in custody until the trial date could be confirmed.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more."
— 1983 December 31, Gary Phillips, “Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 15:
"As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure."
— 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, page 139:
"If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]"
— 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, page 102:
"Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong.""
— 1976 February 7, “A Liberation Publication?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 5:
"The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence."
— 2019, Martin Wasik, Core Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing 2019-20, page 74:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge decided to ____ the suspect until the next hearing because he might flee.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge decided to ____ the suspect in custody until the trial date could be confirmed.