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▪ I. remand, n.|rɪˈmɑːnd, -æ-| [f. the vb.] 1. The act of remanding, or the fact of being remanded; now spec. recommittal of an accused person to custody (see the vb. 2 b).
1771Mrs. Harris in Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 211 You will remain at Madrid till the messenger with your remand arrives, and save yourself the fatigue of a double journey. 1852Dickens Bleak Ho. liv, There was enough against him to make it my duty to take him and get him kept under remand. 1864Daily Tel. 30 Aug., A notorious thief..brought up on remand. 1884Manch. Exam. 22 May 5/1 Evidence was taken simply to justify a remand. 2. A remanded prisoner.
1888Pall Mall G. 25 Sept. 4/1 It would be more merciful in most cases to order the..remand a sound birching. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard i. 35 The door used by remands, down near the witness box. 3. attrib., as remand prisoner, remand warrant; remand centre, an institution to which young persons between the ages of 14 and 21 years are remanded to await trial or sentence; since 1967, such an institution for a person of any age; Canad., such an institution for adults; remand home, an institution to which young persons between the ages of 8 and 14 years are remanded or are committed for detention.
1948Criminal Justice Act 11 & 12 Geo. VI c. 58 s. 48(1)(a) *Remand centres, that is to say places for the detention of persons not less than fourteen but under twenty-one years of age who are remanded or committed in custody for trial or sentence. 1967Criminal Justice Act Eliz. II. c. 80 s. 66(1) Notwithstanding that a remand centre is provided under section 43 of the Prison Act 1952 for the detention of persons of or over the age of fourteen but under the age of twenty-one who are remanded or committed in custody for trial or sentence, any person required to be detained in an institution to which the Act applies may be detained in a remand centre for any temporary purpose or for the purpose of providing maintenance and domestic services for that centre. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 180 His impudence in courtrooms and remand centres. 1974Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 Sept. 1/1 The Calgary remand centre—the first in Alberta—is open for business. The centre will house men held in custody between court appearances pending their trials. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 10 Nov. 9/2 A Southampton school-boy was remanded in custody for seven days to Winchester remand centre after the Magistrates decided he was ‘unruly’.
1902Times 13 Jan. 9/4 The Children's Committee reported that the three *remand homes at Pentonville-road, Harrow-road, and Camberwell-green were opened for the reception of children on January 1. 1933Act 23 & 24 Geo. V c. 12 s. 108(2) References in any Act to places of detention provided under Section one hundred and eight of the Children Act, 1908, shall be construed as references to remand homes provided under this Act. 1934‘J. Spenser’ Limey breaks In ii. 21 The policeman who took me to the remand home led me into a restaurant and gave me a good feed before he handed me over. 1963M. Duggan in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 101, I came in for a couple of remand home stares, bread and water and solitary and take that writ on his eyeballs. 1972G. Sereny Case of Mary Bell i. iii. 46 With her father's agreement, she was taken to stay at Fernwood Remand Home, a Newcastle County Council Children's Home for girls.
1897Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 2/1 All the men you see in this yard are *remand prisoners. 1977Belfast Telegraph 19 Jan. 4/8 Two visitors to republican prisoners in Crumlin Road jail had been..attacked by loyalist gangs.., a remand prisoner claimed today.
1963J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) i. 12 Wes sits in the Psychiatric Hospital on an attorney general's *remand warrant. ▪ II. remand, v.|rɪˈmɑːnd, -æ-| Also 5–6 -maund. [ad. F. remander (12th c.), or late L. remandāre to send back word, to repeat a command: see re- and mandate. Cf. It. rimandare, Sp. remandar.] 1. trans. To send (a thing) back again to a place; to reconsign; also, to remit, consign.
1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 30/1 That the saide Rolles..be remaundid and send ayeine unto the said Places. c1500Melusine 221 They remanded to hym theire wylle with grete yeftes of ryches. 1630Prynne Anti-Armin. 276 Let vs once more remaund, adiudge and sinke it to the very depths of Hell. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. ii. §9 A wonderful Power is required to curb it, regulate it, or remand it back to the Earth and keep it there. 1733Fielding Quix. in Eng. Pref., Both dissuaded me from suffering it to be represented on the stage; and accordingly it was remanded back to my shelf. 1842Tennyson Love & Duty 86 Should my Shadow cross thy thoughts..remand it thou For calmer hours to Memory's darkest hold. 1888Bain in Mind Oct. 536 The ethical writer is not likely to remand to Psychology proper the analysis of Conscience. †b. Law. To remit (a prisoner, indictment, record, etc.) back to a court or judge. Obs.
1514–5Act 6 Hen. VIII, c. 6 The justices of the Kinges Benche..have full auctoritie..to remaunde and send downe, as well the bodies of all felons and murderers..as their inditements. 1542–3Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, c. 27 §88 Which triall so before him had, he shall remaunde with the hole recorde vnto the iustice, before whom y⊇ said plee or voucher was pleaded. 2. To send back (a person); to command or order to go back to a place.
1588in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 75 Some came..near London, whom she remanded to their countries, because their harvest was at hand. 1650Fuller Pisgah ii. xiii. 273 The Jews were..remanded to wander another way many years, for the punishment of their infidelity. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative (1865) I. 94 Captain Henchman was sent down to the Governour and Council to know what they should do: they presently remanded him to Pocasset, and ordered him to stay there if there were need. 1712Blackmore Creation 306 Where their report the vital envoys make, And with new orders are remanded back. 1771Mrs. Harris in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 214 As you have reason to be fond of Spain and it's inhabitants, you may not be sorry at being remanded. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. 224 If..the prisoner is guilty, I am to remand him to the castle of Spandau. b. Of a court or magistrate: To send back (a prisoner) into custody, now spec. in order that further evidence on the charge may be obtained.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parlt. iv. 27 And if they bring an Habeas Corpus..they shall notwithstanding be remanded and remain prisoners all their dayes. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxx. heading, Morgan is sent back into custody, whither also I am remanded, after a curious trial. 1772Junius Lett. lxviii. (1788) 359 If the cause of commitment had been expressed for treason or felony, the court would then have done right in remanding them. 1794in Bloomfield Amer. Law Rep. 29 The said A. is remanded into custody. 1858A. Fonblanque How we are Governed 185 The magistrate has the power of remanding him, or sending him back to prison for eight days. c. To refer (one) back to a passage in a book, or to a period of time. rare.
1676G. Towerson Decalogue 50 [On this] I have discoursed already in the foregoing discourse, and must therefore remand you thither. 1866Direct. Angl. (ed. 3) p. vi, We are remanded back to a stated period when the aforesaid ‘ornaments’ were in use in this Church of England. 3. To call or summon back, to recall. Now rare or Obs.
1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. ccvi, Whan he sawe that he coulde nat atcheue his busynesse, he sygnyfied his estate to the duke of Orlyance, wherevpon he was remaunded, and so he retourned to Parys. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvi. 156 With weeping heart he her remands to be with him at one. a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 569 He remanded his own [men] from the pursuit. 1692Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 482 Captain Wren..can only hear of 2 French men of war there, the rest being remanded home to Brest. a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 111 Jealous grown, [he] Remands all Guardians to defend his Throne. 1807J. Barlow Columb. iii. 190 Groan not, my child, thy God remands thee home. †b. To countermand, fetch back. Obs.
1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1059/2 Quantities..are already Shipped in parts beyond the Seas for England, and cannot be Remanded without great loss to the Owners thereof. 1772Mrs. Scott Test Filial Duty II. 171 The baggage was remanded, the captain satisfied for the loss of his passenger [etc.]. †4. To demand back from another. Obs.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. ix. xlviii. 224 Each birde shal then remaunde her Plumes. 1649J. Ellistone Behmen's Epistles (1886) xxxv. §10 If some Jesuits should come and remand the church from Luther again. 1677Baker in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 29 If after the perusal it may be thought fit to have it printed, I shall remand it from him, and give it another dress. Hence reˈmanded ppl. a., also reˈmandment, ‘a remandment or ordering back’ (Webster, 1847, citing Jefferson).
1888Pall Mall G. 17 Sept. 2/1 He wore the dark-blue dress of remanded prisoners. |