remand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: remand	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remand n the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) v refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision Synonym(s): remit, remand, send back 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" Synonym(s): imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remand \Remand"\ (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remand \Re*mand"\, n. The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.