remanded

American

[ri-man-did] / rɪˈmæn dɪd /

adjective

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.
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.

verb

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

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Barton, of Widnes, was remanded into custody, and faces a seven-day trail starting 1 September.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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

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

Aladwan was remanded in custody ahead of an appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday, police said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 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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