remand
remanded; remanding; remands
In law, to remand is to send a case back to be reconsidered by another court — or to imprison someone who's been arrested until they go to trial.
In some cases, a court will remand a case for a completely new trial, and in others it might instruct the new court to use different legal standards, or to decide only on a defendant's sentence. When a judge remands an accused criminal — holding them in custody until the case goes to trial — it's often because they have a criminal record or have been charged with very serious crimes.
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refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
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lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
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type of:
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return
the act of going back to a prior location
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return
Vocabulary lists containing remand
Because his family is in witness protection, fifteen-year-old Nick Pearson (not his real name) is supposed to remain low-key, but he has trouble doing that when another member of the Stepton High newspaper uncovers some secrets.
After his father dies, Nicholas Nickleby accepts a job at a disreputable school.
Members of a family fight to receive an inheritance while also protecting dark secrets and navigating romantic entanglements. Read the full text here.
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