Remand \Re*mand"\ (r?-m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remanded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Remanding.] [F. remander to send word again,
L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send
word. See Mandate.]
To recommit; to send back.
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Remand it to its former place. --South.
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Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Remand \Re*mand"\, n.
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
remand
n : the act of sending an accused person back into custody to
await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
v 1: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or
authority or court for decision [syn: remit, send
back]
2: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate,
lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol,
put away]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "remand":
assign, bring back, commend, commit, commit to prison, commitment,
committal, confide, consign, consignment, delegate, enfeoff,
entrust, extradite, extradition, give back, give in charge,
give in trust, giving back, infeudate, institutionalize, mittimus,
put back, recommit, recommitment, reddition, relegate, remandment,
remit, remitter, rendition, repatriate, repatriation, restitution,
restoration, restore, restoring, return, send back, send to jail,
send up, sending back, take back, trust
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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