Remand

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remand \Re*mand"\ (r?-m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remanded}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Remanding}.] [F. remander to send word again,
     L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send
     word. See {Mandate}.]
     To recommit; to send back.
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           Remand it to its former place.           --South.
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           Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remand \Re*mand"\, n.
     The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remand
       n : the act of sending an accused person back into custody to
           await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
       v 1: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or
            authority or court for decision [syn: {remit}, {send
            back}]
       2: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
          imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
          for the rest of his life" [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate},
           {lag}, {immure}, {put behind bars}, {jail}, {jug}, {gaol},
           {put away}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "remand":
     assign, bring back, commend, commit, commit to prison, commitment,
     committal, confide, consign, consignment, delegate, enfeoff,
     entrust, extradite, extradition, give back, give in charge,
     give in trust, giving back, infeudate, institutionalize, mittimus,
     put back, recommit, recommitment, reddition, relegate, remandment,
     remit, remitter, rendition, repatriate, repatriation, restitution,
     restoration, restore, restoring, return, send back, send to jail,
     send up, sending back, take back, trust