remand

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.

   • On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more.
   • As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.
2. 2

   The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or…

   The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

   • 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 […]
3. 3

   To send a prisoner back to custody.

   • Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong."
   • 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.
   • A former member of the radical anti-capitalist Baader-Meinhof gang arrested in Berlin last week after 30 years on the run has been remanded in custody over three violent attacks in the 1990s.
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   1. 4

      To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.

   2. 5

      To send back.

      • Remand it to its former place.

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