to remand

Examples

• All

• 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.

  Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

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

  Kindergarten Cop (1990)

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

  Once Were Warriors (1994)

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

  Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer (2018)

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

  Touch (1997)

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

  Murder in the First (1995)

• 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.

  Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)

• 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

I

to imprison

vsto remand

• Formal

178 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

D

to detain

vsto remand

• Formal

169 5.9

To keep someone with the police for questioning

is a court action to keep someone in custody pending trial

P

to put away

vsto remand

115 5.8

To lock someone in prison or a secure place

is used when courts keep someone temporarily before further legal action

J

to jail

vsto remand

108 2.1

To put someone in prison as punishment

is specifically a court order to hold a person until further hearing

P

to put behind bars

vsto remand

26 4.3

Send a person to prison as punishment

is a court decision to detain before trial rather than a prison sentence

I

to incarcerate

vsto remand

• Formal

18 8.4

To put someone in prison and keep them there

is a court decision to keep someone before trial rather than punishment

R

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

G

to gaol

vsto remand

• Archaic

9.9

To put someone in prison as punishment

is a legal order to return someone to custody pending trial rather than general confinement

Antonyms

R

release

279 1.8

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

How Restricted

to imprison

• Formal

178 4.2

to remand

• Jargon

25 8.5

to detain

• Formal

169 5.9

to bail

• Formal

1 8.4

Surface Forms

Etymology