remand

Plural: remands

Noun

• the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
• The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
• The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

Verb

Verb Forms: remanded, remanding, remands

• To send someone or something back, often to a lower court.
• refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
• To send a prisoner back to custody.
• To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
• To send back.

Examples

• The judge had to REMAND the disputed word to the official dictionary for verification.

Synonyms

gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remit, send back

Anagrams of remand