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remand

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}]
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