Definition of: remand

(ri·mand′, -mänd′) v.t.
1. To order or send back: to remand a soldier to his post.
2. Law a To recommit to custody, as an accused person after a preliminary examination. b To send back to a lower court, as a case improperly brought before the court so ordering.
—noun
1. Recommittal, as of an accused person to custody; also, the recommitted person.
2. A judicial order of recommittal. [<OF remander <LL remandare <L re- back + mandare order]
—re·mand′ment noun