remand
noun/rɪˈmɑːnd/
/rɪˈmænd/
[uncountable]- the process of keeping somebody in prison while they are waiting for their trial
- on remand He is currently being held on remand.
- I was in prison on remand for three weeks.
- a remand prisoner
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + remand- be held on
- centre
- home
- prisoner
- …
- on remand
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘send back again’): from late Latin remandare, from re- ‘back’ + mandare ‘commit’. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.Definitions on the go
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