Hypertext Webster Gateway: "remand"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Remand \Re*mand"\ (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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
remand
n : the act of sending an accused person back into custody to
await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
v 1: of appeal courts [syn: {remit}, {send back}]
2: lock up in jail [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate}, {lag}, {immure},
{put behind bars}, {jail}, {jug}, {gaol}, {put away}]
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