remanding

Returning to custody

Remanding is the act of sending a case or person back to a lower authority.

Courts remand cases to lower courts for further proceedings: The appeals court remanded the case for a new trial.

In criminal law, to remand a defendant is to return them to custody while awaiting trial or further hearings.

court

custody

Protective care or control

magistrate · prosecution · trial · appeal · case · bench · jurisdiction · justice · sentence · motion

detention

jail

Detention facility

confinement · custody · lockup · correctional · penitentiary · holding · inmate · detainee · cellblock · warden

procedural

adjournment

Temporary suspension of proceedings

rescheduling · extension · delay · pause · holdup · waiting · pending · review · reconsideration

Opposites
case disposition

remandingaffirming

Declaring something true

upholding · concluding · resolving · dismissing · finalizing

custody status

remandingreleasing

Allowing to escape

freeing · liberating · discharging · bailing out · letting go

Family

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