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Added 9 October 2026

remand

/ɹɪˈmɑːnd/ noun

Latin root: remandare Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about remand at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial).

verb

Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision.
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
The suspects were imprisoned without trial

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”). Compare countermand.

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