remand
verb/rɪˈmɑːnd/
/rɪˈmænd/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they remand | /rɪˈmɑːnd/ /rɪˈmænd/ |
| he / she / it remands | /rɪˈmɑːndz/ /rɪˈmændz/ |
| past simple remanded | /rɪˈmɑːndɪd/ /rɪˈmændɪd/ |
| past participle remanded | /rɪˈmɑːndɪd/ /rɪˈmændɪd/ |
| -ing form remanding | /rɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/ /rɪˈmændɪŋ/ |
- to send somebody away from a court to wait for their trial which will take place at a later date
- be remanded (+ adv./prep.) The two men were charged with burglary and remanded in custody (= sent to prison until their trial).
- She was remanded on bail (= allowed to go free until the trial after leaving a sum of money with the court).
- After his arrest, he was remanded to Brixton prison.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRemand is used with these nouns as the subject:- magistrate
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.Want to learn more?
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