remand

remand

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmænd/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnd, -ænd

• Audio (US)

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Noun

remand (countable and uncountable, plural remands)

1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
   • 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, p. 139:

     As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.

2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
   • 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, p. 102:

     If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]

Translations

sending an accused person back into custody

Chinese: Mandarin: 還押 (waan4 aat3) French: maintien (fr) m (en détention préventive) German: Präventivhaft (de) f Manx: aachur m, cur er ash m Norwegian: Bokmål: varetekstfengsling m or f, varetekstarrest m

sending a matter back to a lower court

Dutch: verwijzen (nl) French: renvoi (fr) m (devant une autre cour) German: Zurückverweisung f Hungarian: előzetes letartóztatás, vizsgálati fogság Manx: aachur m, cur er ash m Romanian: arest preventiv (ro) m

Verb

remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)

1. To send a prisoner back to custody.[1]
   • 2019, Martin Wasik, Core Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing 2019-20, page 74:

     The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.

2. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
3. (obsolete) To send back.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:

     Remand it to its former place.

Derived terms

• on remand
• remandee
• remandment

Translations

send a prisoner back to custody

Chinese: Cantonese: 還押 (waan4 aat3)

send a case back to a lower court

German: zurückverweisen (de)

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Translations to be checked

Danish: varetægtsfængsle French: maintenir (fr) (en détention préventive), renvoyer (fr) (devant une autre cour) Manx: aachur, cur er ash Romanian: arest preventiv (ro) m

References

1. A modern legal definition includes the possibility of bail being granted, so in the United Kingdom at least, this does not necessarily imply custody: “Bail Act 1976”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, www.opsi.gov.uk, accessed 2010-04-02

Anagrams

• Erdman, Mander, Marden, Menard, Redman, damner, mander, manred, mrenda, randem, red man, redman