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REMAND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("remand" is a kind of...):

return (the act of going back to a prior location)

Derivation:

remand (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

Synonyms:

remand; remit; send back

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "remand" is one way to...):

challenge (issue a challenge to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Example:

the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

Synonyms:

gaol; immure; imprison; incarcerate; jail; jug; lag; put away; put behind bars; remand

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "remand" is one way to...):

confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to remand the prisoners

Derivation:

remand (the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial))

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