Remand
(verb)
- To send (a person or case) back to a lower court or a prison.
- To send someone back into custody by an order of the court.
Origin:
Late middle english (in the sense "send back"): from old french remander, from re- (expressing intensive force) + mander "send".
Examples:
- The judge remanded the defendant to custody until the trial.
- The court remanded the case back to the lower court for further proceedings.
- The lawyer requested that the defendant be remanded on bail.
- The charges were serious enough that the judge had no choice but to remand the suspect into custody.
- The government has decided to remand the illegal immigrants back to their home countries.