Meaning & use
a remand
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Meanings
nouncountablelegal
A legal order that keeps an accused person in custody or on bail until their next court appearance.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a remand' or 'remands'. Often used in phrases like 'on remand' or 'remand in custody'.
Patterns
- on remand
- remand in custody
- a remand hearing
- be held on remand
The judge ordered a remand in custody until the trial.
He spent three weeks on remand before being released.
The remand hearing was postponed until next month.
verbtransitivelegal
To send an accused person back to custody or to another court while waiting for trial.
Grammar: Takes an object: remand someone. Often used in the passive: 'He was remanded in custody.'
Patterns
- remand someone in custody
- remand someone on bail
- be remanded in custody
The court remanded him in custody for two weeks.
She was remanded on bail until the next hearing.
They remanded the case to a lower court.
Word forms
| plural | remands |
|---|---|
| third person singular | remands |
| past tense | remanded |
| past participle | remanded |
| -ing form | remanding |
Common combinations
- on remand
- The prisoner was held on remand for six weeks.
- remand in custody
- The judge ordered a remand in custody.
- remand hearing
- The remand hearing will take place on Friday.
- be remanded on bail
- He was remanded on bail until the trial.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- remand verb
- To send someone back to custody or another court.
Commonly confused: a remand or demand?
a remand vs demand
Means to ask for something forcefully. 'Remand' is a legal term about keeping someone in custody.
Practice
What does 'on remand' mean in a legal context?
Choose one answer.
'On remand' means an accused person is kept in custody or on bail until their next court appearance. It is not a sentence, release, or fine.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “a remand”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.