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remand

Syllabification: (re·mand)

Pronunciation: /riˈmand/

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Definition of remand

verb

[with object]

place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned:I had a seventeen-year-old son remanded to a drug-addiction program
return (a case) to a lower court for reconsideration:the Supreme Court summarily vacated the opinion and remanded the matter back to the California Court of Appeal

noun

a committal to custody.

Origin:

late Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'send back again'): from late Latin remandare, from re- 'back' + mandare 'commit'. The noun dates from the late 18th century

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