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to remand

to remand

35 8.5
To put someone back in custody until their next hearing
  • verb
  • /rɪˈmænd/
  • Jargon
: poner en prisión preventiva
  • Mr. Stone, you are remanded into federal prison.
  • remanded in custody
  • defendant remanded
  • remanded for trial

I I had AI, had AI, ended up remanded in custody in Winchester Prison.

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Examples

  • The judge decided to remand the suspect to custody until the next hearing.

  • "Then he'll be remanded into your custody.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I remanded the boy into your personal custody.

  • Mr. Crisp, you will be remanded into custody until your trial.

  • Under the circumstances, if your parents can't control you, I'll have to remand you in social welfare custody.

  • JUDGE: I order you remanded to custody to await trial.

  • You are in contempt and you are remanded to the custody of the bailiff.

  • The defendant is remanded to the custody of the warden of Alcatraz.

  • The accused will be remanded to the custody of Blackgate Penitentiary until such time as a trial by jury can be arranged by the county.

  • In the end, because she was a minor, Colvin was found guilty of violating state laws, made to pay a fine, and remanded to her parents' care.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

to detain
vsto remand
  • Formal
197 5.9

To keep someone with the police for questioning

is a court action to keep someone in custody pending trial
to put away
vsto remand
147 5.8

To lock someone in prison or a secure place

is used when courts keep someone temporarily before further legal action
to imprison
vsto remand
  • Formal
131 4.2

Put someone in prison as a punishment or keep them locked up

is a court order to hold someone temporarily before trial not punishment
to incarcerate
vsto remand
  • Formal
90 8.4

To put someone in prison and keep them there

is a court decision to keep someone before trial rather than punishment
to gaol
vsto remand
  • Archaic
64 9.9

To put someone in prison as punishment

is a legal order to return someone to custody pending trial rather than general confinement
to put behind bars
vsto remand
31 4.3

Send a person to prison as punishment

is a court decision to detain before trial rather than a prison sentence
to jail
vsto remand
8 2.1

To put someone in prison as punishment

is specifically a court order to hold a person until further hearing
to recommit
vsto remand
  • Formal
1 7.2

To send something back to a previous place or authority for further review

is a court order to hold someone awaiting a later hearing

Antonyms

282 1.8

An act of letting someone or something go free from being held

How Restricted

to imprison
  • Formal
131 4.2
to remand
  • Jargon
35 8.5
to detain
  • Formal
197 5.9
to bail
  • Formal
1 8.4

Surface Forms

remand infinitive
remanded past
remanded past participle
remanding present participle
remands third person singular

Etymology

Remand comes from Latin re- 'back' and mandare 'to order', as in command and mandate. So, to remand a person is to 'order them back' into custody while they wait for the next hearing.