remand

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
  2. verb refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
  3. verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Etymology

From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.

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