Remand

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To send or order back.
  • v. Law To send back to custody.
  • v. Law To send back (a case) to a lower court with instructions about further proceedings.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
  • n. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
  • v. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To recommit; to send back.
  • n. The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To send, call, or order back: as, to remand an officer from a distant place.
  • In law, to send back, as a prisoner, on refusing his application to be discharged, or a cause from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
  • n. The state of being remanded, recommitted, or held over; the act of remanding.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
  • v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • v. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
  • Verb Form
    remanded    remanding    remands   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    return    detain    confine    challenge   
    Form
    remanded    remanding    on remand    remandment   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    recommit    consign   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grande    Hand    Land    Marchand    Rand    Sand    Strand    and    band    banned   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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