remand

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈmɑːnd/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To send a person back into custody or to a lower court.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To send a prisoner back to custody.

Examples

  • I will remand the order I despatched to my banker.

  • As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.

  2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

More examples

In context

  • On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more.

  • A former member of the radical anti-capitalist Baader-Meinhof gang arrested in Berlin last week after 30 years on the run has been remanded in custody over three violent attacks in the 1990s.

  • Remand it to its former place.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The judge decided to blank the suspect until the next hearing because he might flee.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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.