remand

English

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remand

Etymology

From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmænd/
Rhymes: -ɑːnd, -ænd
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

remand (countable and uncountable, plural remands)

The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
- 1983 December 31, Gary Phillips, “Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 15:
  On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more.
- 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, page 139:
  As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.
The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
- 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, page 102:
  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 […]

Derived terms

Translations

sending an accused person back into custody

Chinese:
Mandarin: 還押 / 还押 (waan4 aat3)
French: maintien (fr) m (en détention préventive)
German: Präventivhaft (de) f
Manx: aachur m, cur er ash m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: varetekstfengsling m or f, varetekstarrest m

sending a matter back to a lower court

Dutch: verwijzen (nl)
French: renvoi (fr) m (devant une autre cour)
German: Zurückverweisung f
Hungarian: előzetes letartóztatás, vizsgálati fogság
Manx: aachur m, cur er ash m
Romanian: arest preventiv (ro) n
Swedish: återförvisning (sv)

Verb

remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)

To send a prisoner back to custody.^[1]^[2]
- 2019, Martin Wasik, Core Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing 2019-20, page 74:
  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.
- 2024 March 7, “Daniela Klette of Baader-Meinhof gang remanded in custody”, in The Guardian‎^[3], sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN:
  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.
To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
(obsolete) To send back.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
  Remand it to its former place.

Derived terms

Translations

send a prisoner back to custody

Chinese:
Cantonese: 還押 / 还押 (waan⁴ aat³)
French: maintenir (fr)

send a case back to a lower court

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Translations to be checked

Danish: varetægtsfængsle (da)
Manx: aachur, cur er ash

References

^ A modern legal definition includes the possibility of bail being granted, so in the United Kingdom at least, this does not necessarily imply custody: “Bail Act 1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], www.opsi.gov.uk, 2010 April 2 (last accessed)
^ In the Republic of Ireland a defendant can be remanded on bail for a period of more than 8 days if the defendant and the prosecution agree. The defendant can be released on bail but must return to court on a specified date known as the remand date.“Detention after arrest”, in CitizensInformation.ie‎^[2], (Can we date this quote?)

Anagrams

Erdman, Mander, Marden, Menard, Redman, damner, mander, manred, mrenda, randem, red man, redman

[1] A modern legal definition includes the possibility of bail being granted, so in the United Kingdom at least, this does not necessarily imply custody: “Bail Act 1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], www.opsi.gov.uk, 2010 April 2 (last accessed)

[2] In the Republic of Ireland a defendant can be remanded on bail for a period of more than 8 days if the defendant and the prosecution agree. The defendant can be released on bail but must return to court on a specified date known as the remand date.“Detention after arrest”, in CitizensInformation.ie‎^[2], (Can we date this quote?)

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