MEANING
Send a case or person back to a court or custody for further proceedings.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- remand a case
- remand in custody
On the page
The appellate court remanded the case for further findings.
Word forms
- Base
- remand
- Past tense
- remanded
- Past participle
- remanded
- Present participle
- remanding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- remand
- Present continuous
- am/is/are remanding
- Present perfect
- have/has remanded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been remanding
- Past
- remanded
- Past continuous
- was/were remanding
- Past perfect
- had remanded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been remanding
- Future
- will remand
- Future continuous
- will be remanding
- Future perfect
- will have remanded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been remanding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: remand; remands; remanded; remanded; remanding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: remands.
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