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

Both were found at hospital before being remanded in custody to await trial.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

They have been remanded in custody until a plea hearing on 28 August.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Blain, who was remanded in custody, cried as she was led to the cells in handcuffs.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

"She expected the brothers to be remanded in custody, face trial and be in prison forever and be out of her life but they were thrust back into her life," Allott explains.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“Re’lar Ambrose is officially remanded for laxity in his duty.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Related Words

• delayed
• negotiated
• postponed