1. to send back (a case) to a lower court for further action
Usage: legal
2. to return (a prisoner) to custody while awaiting trial
Usage: legal

1. the act of sending a case back to a lower court
Usage: legal
2. the state of being held in custody while awaiting trial
Usage: legal

Examples

• The appeals court decided to remand the case for a new trial.
• The judge will remand the defendant until the hearing next month.
• After the remand, the lower court must reconsider the evidence.
• He was held on remand for three weeks before his trial began.
• The Supreme Court issued a remand to the district court.
• She remained on remand at the county jail.
• The attorney requested that his client not be remanded to custody.