remand

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=mand

CIDE DICTIONARY

remand, v. t. [F. remander to send word again, L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate.].

 To recommit; to send back.  [1913 Webster]
"Remand it to its former place."  [1913 Webster]
"Then were they remanded to the cage again."  [1913 Webster]

remand, n. 

 The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

remand, v. & n.
--v.tr. return (a prisoner) to custody, esp. to allow further inquiries to be made.
--n. a recommittal to custody.

Idiom

on remand in custody pending trial. remand centre (in the UK) an institution to which accused persons are remanded pending trial.

Etymology

ME f. LL remandare (as RE-, mandare commit)

THESAURUS

remand

assign, bring back, commend, commit, commit to prison, commitment, committal, confide, consign, consignment, delegate, enfeoff, entrust, extradite, extradition, give back, give in charge, give in trust, giving back, infeudate, institutionalize, mittimus, put back, recommit, recommitment, reddition, relegate, remandment, remit, remitter, rendition, repatriate, repatriation, restitution, restoration, restore, restoring, return, send back, send to jail, send up, sending back, take back, trust

ROGET THESAURUS

remand

Command

VB command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders, prescribe, set, appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition, bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct, require at the hands of, exact, impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to, revendicate, reclaim, cite, summon, call for, send for, subpoena, beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command, remand, be ordered, receive an order.

Lateness

VB be late, tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time, dawdle, linger, loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend, table, shift off, stave off, waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, dally, prolong, protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out, prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve, temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently, await, sit up, sit up at night.