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remand

UK/ɹɪˈmɑːnd/US/ɹəˈmænd/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,327 of 15,258neutral

Remand is being held in custody while waiting for trial. On remand, remanded in custody, a remand prisoner.

A remand prisoner has not been convicted of anything, which is why the conditions are supposed to differ from a sentenced prisoner's and often do not. Remanded on bail means released while waiting. Note that the Latin means to send back, so remanding is sending somebody back until the next hearing.

Definitions of remand

  1. 1nounremandBeing held in custody while waiting for trial.C1

    “The suspect was held on remand until his trial in the spring.”

remand is a legal state.

Where it comes from

Latin remandare means to send back, from re plus mandare, to order. Command and mandate come from the same ordering.

  1. Latin

    remandare — to send backward

  2. Middle French

    remander — to send back

  3. Middle English

    remaunden — to send back

  4. English, today

    remand

From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Crime & Law

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remand in the wild

  • The Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP) is an Australian remand and reception prison located in Spencer Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.

    HM Melbourne Assessment Prison

  • The complex accepts prisoners charged and convicted under both New South Wales and Commonwealth legislation, and serves as a reception prison for inmates on remand or pending classification.

    Silverwater Correctional Complex

  • The Adelaide Remand Centre is a maximum-security prison facility located in Adelaide, South Australia, used to hold prisoners on remand pending trial.

    Adelaide Remand Centre

  • For example, in U.S. law, appellate courts remand cases to district courts for actions such as a new trial.

    Remand (court procedure)

  • Appellate courts remand cases whose outcome they are unable to finally determine.

    Remand (court procedure)

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.