remand

English Thesaurus

1. the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	return,
definition	:	the act of going back to a prior location (noun.act)

2. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	challenge,
definition	:	issue a challenge to (verb.communication)

3. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

hypernym	:	confine, detain,
definition	:	deprive of freedom; take into confinement (verb.social)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

4. the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) (noun.act)

derivation	:	gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand,
definition	:	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

5. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision (verb.communication)

derivation	:	remission, remit, remitment,
definition	:	(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) (noun.act)

6. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

derivation	:	remand,
definition	:	the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) (noun.act)

derivation	:	imprisonment, internment,
definition	:	the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act)

derivation	:	imprisonment,
definition	:	putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act)

derivation	:	clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer,
definition	:	a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey,
definition	:	someone who guards prisoners (noun.person)

derivation	:	captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration,
definition	:	the state of being imprisoned (noun.state)

7. the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) (noun.act)

derivation	:	gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand,
definition	:	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

8. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision (verb.communication)

derivation	:	remission, remit, remitment,
definition	:	(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) (noun.act)

9. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

derivation	:	remand,
definition	:	the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) (noun.act)

derivation	:	imprisonment, internment,
definition	:	the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act)

derivation	:	imprisonment,
definition	:	putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act)

derivation	:	clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer,
definition	:	a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey,
definition	:	someone who guards prisoners (noun.person)

derivation	:	captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration,
definition	:	the state of being imprisoned (noun.state)