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remand
UK /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/ US /ɹəˈmænd/
verb 3noun 2
Collocations
5(noun.)
ADJ
custodial
VERB + REMAND
be held on
The suspect was held on remand while investigators gathered evidence for the trial.
REMAND + NOUN
centre, home | prisoner
PREP
on ~
The suspect was held on remand while the police continued their investigation.
Definitions
noun
1
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more.
As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.
2
The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]
verb
1
To send a prisoner back to custody.
Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong."
The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.
2
To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
3
To send back.
Remand it to its former place.
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On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more.
Wiktionary02
As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.
Wiktionary03
If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]
Wiktionary04
Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong."
Wiktionary05
The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.
Wiktionary06
A former member of the radical anti-capitalist Baader-Meinhof gang arrested in Berlin last week after 30 years on the run has been remanded in custody over three violent attacks in the 1990s.
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