Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense remands, present participle remanding, past tense, past participle remanded
1. verb [usually passive]
If a person who is accused of a crime is remanded in custody or on bail, they are told to return to the court at a later date, when their trial will take place.
Carter was remanded in custody for seven days. [beVERB-ed preposition]
Both were remanded on bail by Wrexham magistrates until March 24. [beVERB-ed preposition]
2. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun, onN]
Remand is used to refer to the process of remanding someone in custody or on bail, or to the period of time until their trial begins.
The remand hearing is often over in three minutes.
This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells.
She has already served a year on remand.
remand in British English
(rɪˈmɑːnd)
verb(transitive)
1. law
(of a court or magistrate) to send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody or admit him or her to bail, esp on adjourning a case for further inquiries to be made
2.
to send back
noun
3.
the sending of a prisoner or accused person back into custody (or sometimes admitting him or her to bail) to await trial or continuation of his or her trial
4.
the act of remanding or state of being remanded
5. on remand
Derived forms
remandment (reˈmandment)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Medieval Latin remandāre to send back word, from Latin re- + mandāre to command, confine; see mandate
remand in American English
(rɪˈmænd)
verb transitive
1.
to send back; order to go back
2. Law
a.
to send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody, as to await trial or furtherinvestigation
b.
to send (a case) back to a lower court for additional proceedings
noun
3.
a remanding or being remanded
Word origin
ME remaunden < OFr remander < LL remandare, to notify in return < L re-, back + mandare, to order: see mandate
Examples of 'remand' in a sentence
remand
They were remanded in custody to appear before crown court judges next week.
The Sun (2016)
She was remanded in custody after being refused bail.
The Sun (2017)
He was remanded in custody until his sentencing.
The Sun (2016)
He was remanded in custody for sentencing at crown court.
The Sun (2016)
He was remanded in custody and will appear in crown court tomorrow.
The Sun (2016)
He has yet to enter a plea and was remanded in custody.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was remanded to stand trial in June.
The Sun (2017)
He was remanded for trial in Manchester next month.
The Sun (2016)
A third man who admits handling stolen goods was remanded for a hearing on Thursday.
The Sun (2016)
The man who was detained has appeared before a court and remanded in custody.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They have been remanded in custody awaiting trial.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Three men charged with the murder of a father of three have been remanded in custody.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was also unclear how long he might expect to remain on remand pending trial.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They denied the charges and were remanded on bail.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Less than a quarter of women who are remanded in custody subsequently receive a custodial sentence.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
The courts do remand a significant minority of accused people in prison to await trial.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
He served most of the term on remand awaiting trial.
The Sun (2008)
They admitted trespass and another minor rap to avoid three months on remand.
The Sun (2016)
The other five were remanded on bail and will be sentenced next month.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was remanded in custody to await sentencing.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Both were remanded to crown court next month.
The Sun (2009)
All three defendants were remanded in custody and committed to stand trial at crown court.
The Sun (2006)
The criteria for who is remanded on bail and who gets remanded in jail is puzzling.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
That was despite prisoners on remand being allowed to keep getting their payments for up to a year.
The Sun (2013)
He was remanded in custody yesterday to await sentencing on the charges which carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He denied the charges and was remanded for trial in October.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Almost all of these men were remand prisoners, yet to be found guilty of any offence.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
All three suspects remain in custody pending a remand hearing on Wednesday.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Fourteen per cent of the prison population is on remand, awaiting sentence or trial.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The large local prisons which hold the majority of prisoners on remand or those who have been convicted of minor offences are not glamorous places.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
In other languages
remand
British English: remand VERB
If a person who is accused of a crime is remanded in custody or on bail, they are told to return to the court at a later date, when their trial will take place.
He was remanded in custody for seven days.
American English: remand
Brazilian Portuguese: deter
Chinese: 使取保候审
European Spanish: estar en prisión preventiva/quedar en libertad bajo fianza
French: placer
German: behalten
Italian: rinviare a giudizio con custodia cautelare
Japanese: 再拘留する
Korean: 방면하다
European Portuguese: deter
Latin American Spanish: estar en prisión preventiva/quedar en libertad bajo fianza
British English: remand NOUN
Remand is used to refer to the process of remanding someone in custody or on bail, or to the period of time until their trial begins.
The remand hearing is often over in three minutes.
American English: remand
Brazilian Portuguese: detenção
Chinese: 取保候审期
European Spanish: prisión preventiva/libertad bajo fianza
French: détention préventive
German: Untersuchungshaft
Italian: rinvio a giudizio
Japanese: 再拘留
Korean: 구금
European Portuguese: detenção
Latin American Spanish: prisión preventiva/libertad bajo fianza
All related terms of 'remand'
on remand
in custody or on bail awaiting trial or completion of one's trial
remand home
(no longer in technical use) an institution to which juvenile offenders between 8 and 14 years may be remanded or committed for detention
remand wing
a special area within a prison for prisoners who are awaiting trial
remand centre
In Britain, a remand centre is an institution where people who are accused of a crime are sent until their trial begins or until a decision about their punishment has been made.
remand prisoner
a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail ) to await trial or continuation of their trial
Chinese translation of 'remand'
remand
(rɪˈmɑːnd)
n
to be on remand被还(還)押 (bèi huányā)
vt
to be remanded in custody被还(還)押 (bèi huányā)
to be remanded on bail被保释(釋)候审(審) (bèi bǎoshì hòushěn)