remand
/ɹəˈmænd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more."
- "As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure."
- "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 […]"
- "Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong.""
- "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."
- "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."
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”). Compare countermand.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: remaunden, remander, remandare
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹəˈmænd/
- British English: /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/