[syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Remand it to its former place. --South.
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Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Remand \Re*mand"\, n.
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
remand
n 1: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to
await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
v 1: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or
authority or court for decision [syn: remit, remand,
send back]
2: 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" [syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag,
immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put
away, remand]