remand

Meanings

Noun

• The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
• The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

Verb

• To send a prisoner back to custody.
• To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
• To send back.

Origin

• From Middle English remaunden ("to send back"), from Middle French remander ("to send back"), from Late Latin remandare ("to send backward"), from Latin remandare ("to order").