Sent back or returned, especially when a court sends a case back to a lower court, or when someone is sent back to jail while awaiting trial.
From Latin 'remandare' (to send back), combining 're-' (back) and 'mandare' (to send or command). First used in legal contexts in the 1500s.
When you hear 'remanded in custody' in court cases, it means the judge is sending the accused back to jail—they're literally being 'sent back' until their trial. It's different from being convicted because remand is temporary.
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