remanded

American  

[ri-man-did] / rɪˈmæn dɪd /

adjective

1. sent back or consigned again, as for revision.

   A remanded proposal that fails to achieve a 60% majority of votes when reconsidered shall be removed from further consideration.

2. Law.

   1. relating to or being a case sent back to a lower court from which it was appealed.

      We trust that the facts of the parties' relationship will become clearer during the remanded hearing.

   2. (of a prisoner or accused person) sent back into custody, as to await further proceedings.

      A remanded person awaiting trial at the city’s central prison has complained of overcrowding and poor sanitation.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of remand.

Other Word Forms

• unremanded adjective

Etymology

Origin of remanded

remand ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Lord Renucci ordered a specialist social worker to prepare a report into his background and remanded him in custody.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

A source following the case, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the man in his early twenties from a Paris suburb had been charged with "terrorist criminal conspiracy" and remanded in custody.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Police arrested the three minors over the course of the past few days and they have been remanded in custody.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Duffy has been remanded in custody until 13 April.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The court remanded the case back to the district court for resentencing.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Related Words

• delayed
• negotiated
• postponed