remanded
Americanadjective
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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.
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Law.
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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.
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(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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Then the court remanded without saying what excessive means.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The accused was remanded in custody and is due to appear in court again in 4 weeks.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The court heard that after he was charged and remanded in custody Manners spent about four months in the high security State Hospital at Carstairs before being returned to the mainstream prison system.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"We knew if we let her go she would disappear. It was all hands to deck to get her remanded," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Failing to obtain a satisfactory answer, he refused to leave jail, whereupon police again remanded him to his cell upon a charge of disorderly conduct.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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