remand
/rɪˈmɑːnd
/- Both the accused were then remanded in custody pending an appeal hearing.
- Both accused were then remanded in custody pending an appeal hearing against the decision of the magistrates.
- The men were all remanded on conditional bail until December 10 when they are due to be sentenced.
- The 2nd Circuit appeals court vacated the decision and remanded the case.
- But the Court of Appeals rejected the settlement and remanded the case to the District Court that had approved it for further consideration.
- It gives magistrates a robust alternative to custodial sentences and remands for young hardcore repeat offenders by ensuring they are not just punished but also made to take responsibility for their actions.
- The failure to direct the jury as to the special need for caution in relation to the evidence of the remand prisoners.
- It is said that this is only ‘so far as they are capable of application’ and that in Victoria this provision of the Act is not capable of other application for want of a remand facility.
Phrases
on remand
Origin
Late Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'send back again'): from late Latin remandare, from re- 'back' + mandare 'commit'. The noun dates from the late 18th century.
commando from early 19th century:
In early use commando was a word for an armed unit of Boer horsemen in South Africa. During the Second World War the name was adopted to describe troops specially trained to repel the threatened German invasion of England. The word came into English from Portuguese, but is based on Latin commandare ‘to command’ from com- (giving emphasis) and mandare ‘commit, command, entrust’. To go commando is to wear no underpants, said to be common among commandos. This curious phrase dates back to the 1980s and probably originated as American college slang, although it was popularized by its use in an episode of the 1990s TV comedy Friends. Also from South Africa and the same period is commandeer from Afrikaans. Command itself came into use in Middle English, taken from the Latin via French. From the same root come remand (Late Middle English) ‘command back’; commend (Middle English), formed in the same way as command, but with the sense ‘entrust’ and recommend (Late Middle English); and demand (Middle English) ‘command formally’.