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remand

remand

8 8.8
A time when a court keeps a person accused of a crime in jail before trial
  • noun
  • /rɪˈmænd/
  • Jargon
translation icon : prisión preventiva
  • Councils are now looking at their local young people on remand population to estimate the extra resources needed.
  • remand to state court

I'd done a three months remand lying on my fucking bed, don't I?

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Examples

  • Introduced into parliament in June 2011, the bill will give councils responsibility for young people on remand by giving them looked-after status.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Prisoners on remand have their cases reviewed regularly to determine if they will be released before trial.

  • A judge ruled he should be kept on remand until the end of the legal proceedings against him.

    Blog text (3)
  • I mean, he was tried in Morocco for what he'd done here, but he was held on remand for nearly three years.

  • On remand, the jury found the defendant guilty of violating Section 3.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The bill proposes to give looked-after status to children on remand.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The case settled on remand, and the trial court certified a single settlement class, finding that the fact of settlement mooted conflicts concerns.

    Academic text (2017)
  • William Perry Pendley, president of Mountain States Legal Foundation, who took on Pech's case, was confident of victory on remand.

    Academic text (1995)
  • On remand, the PTAB used the Federal Circuit's narrower constructions to reconsider the validity challenges of eight patent claims.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The court decided to keep the suspect on remand until additional evidence could be reviewed.

Synonyms

recommitment
vsremand
  • Formal
1 7.5

Sending someone back to prison or a mental hospital

serves to return an accused person to custody while awaiting trial

Antonyms

279 1.8

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

How Restricted

imprisonment
  • Formal
88 4.0
remand
  • Jargon
8 8.8
detention
155 3.9
release
279 1.8

Surface Forms

remand singular
remands plural

Etymology

Remand comes from Latin re- 'back' and mandare 'to order', the same root as in mandate. A remand is the 'order back' that sends a person to custody or sends a case to another court.