remand

Etymology

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”).

noun

1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
   As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure. 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, page 139
2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
   If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […] 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, page 102

verb

1. To send a prisoner back to custody.
   The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence. 2019, Martin Wasik, Core Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing 2019-20, page 74
2. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
3. (obsolete) To send back.