Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Remand it to its former place. --South.
Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.
Remand \Re*mand"\, n.
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
Source : WordNet®
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}]