remandverb [ T often passive ]
uk/rɪˈmɑːnd/us/rɪˈmænd/specializedto send someone accused of committing a crime away from court until their trial begins:
He was remanded on theft charges.
The accused was remanded in custody (= kept in prison before the trial began) for a week.
be remanded on bail
to be allowed to leave a law court after you have been accused of committing a crime to go to a particular place, usually your home, to wait until the trial begins, after paying an amount of money to the court that will not be given back if you do not appear at the trial
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- immured
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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remandnoun [ U ]
uk/rɪˈmɑːnd/us/rɪˈmænd/specializedthe state of being remanded
on remand UK
in prison until a court trial begins:
He was held on remand in prison for 18 months.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- immured
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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Court cases, orders & decisions