remand

/ɹɪmˈɑːnd/

/ɹɪˈmænd/

to remand

MAIN VERB

to send a case back to a court of lower authority for additional reconsideration or review

synonyms : remit

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

synonyms : gaol

Remand

the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

Examples

1. And the case, the contrary decision by the agency was remanded back to the agency for further investigation.

2. Mr. Mendez asks for a remand.

3. At the end in this first case, Trump versus Vance, the Court remanded the case back to the lower court of appeals for additional argument.

4. He has been remanded in custody.