remand

  • 21remand Law — verb place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned. noun a committal to custody. Phrases on remand in custody pending trial. Origin ME (in the sense send back again ): from late L. remandare, from re back +… …

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  • 22remand to custody — index commit (institutionalize) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 23Remand (court procedure) — The term remand may be used to describe an action by an appellate court in which it remands, or sends back, a case to the trial court or lower appellate court for action.For example, if the trial judge committed a procedural error, failed to… …

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  • 24remand home — noun : a British institution to which juvenile offenders may be committed by the court for temporary detention : detention home children from 8 to 16 sent to remand homes for periods up to one month compare borstal * * * Brit. a detention home… …

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  • 25remand centre — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms remand centre : singular remand centre plural remand centres British a place where people are kept while they wait for the date of their trial …

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  • 26remand home — also remand cen.tre noun (C) BrE a place where young criminals are kept while waiting for a trial 1 (1) …

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  • 27remand for further proceedings — See remand …

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  • 28remand center — noun : a British institution to which the court may commit for temporary detention juvenile offenders too unruly or depraved for a remand home …

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  • 29remand — remandment, n. /ri mand , mahnd /, v.t. 1. to send back, remit, or consign again. 2. Law. a. to send back (a case) to a lower court from which it was appealed, with instructions as to what further proceedings should be had. b. (of a court or… …

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  • 30remand — 1. noun a) The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial. b) The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal …

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