remand home

[ ri-mand-hohm ]

nounBritish.
  1. a juvenile detention center for offenders 8–14 years old.

Origin of remand home

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for remand home

remand home

noun
  1. (no longer in technical use) an institution to which juvenile offenders between 8 and 14 years may be remanded or committed for detention: See also community home

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