remanded Definition

remand
verb remanded, remanding

1. law.
To send (a person accused of a crime) back into custody to await trial, especially to allow more evidence to be collected.
2. rare
To send back.

noun

1. The act or process of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial.
2. The act of remanding or state of being remanded.

Idiom: on remand

In custody or on bail awaiting trial.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin remandare to send back word or to repeat a command, from mandare to send word or to command.