tr.v., -mand·ed, -mand·ing, -mands.
- To send or order back.
- Law.
- To send back to custody.
- To send back (a case) to a lower court with instructions about further proceedings.
[Middle English remaunden, from Old French remander, from Late Latin remandāre, to send back word : Latin re-, re- + Latin mandāre, to order.]
remand re·mand' n.remandment re·mand'ment n.
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