remands

Orders back judicially

Remands is the verb form of remand, meaning to send back.

Courts remand cases to lower courts for further proceedings, or remand defendants to custody while awaiting trial: The judge remanded the suspect until the hearing.

As a noun, a remand is such an order, and someone on remand is in custody awaiting trial.

custody

detention

Temporary official holding

incarceration · pretrial · lockup · cell · detainee · prisoner · accused · defendant · secure · supervision

court

hearing

Perceiving sound waves

magistrate · arraignment · appearance · proceeding · docket · jurisdiction · ruling · motion · continuance · plea

legal

bail

Court-set release payment

trial · appeal · preliminary · procedural · evidence · testimony · representation · rights · statute · criminal

order

directive

Formal command or instruction

judicial · decree · writ · ruling · pronouncement · injunction · decision · determination · judgment · authority

Categories
Opposites
custody status

remandsreleases

Lets go or publishes

frees · liberates · discharges · bails · acquits

judicial case disposition

remandsaffirms

Declares something true

upholds · decides · finalizes · concludes · resolves

Phrases
Family

remand, remanded, remanding

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