remand. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

remand

SYLLABICATION:	re·mand
PRONUNCIATION:	r-mnd
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: re·mand·ed, re·mand·ing, re·mands 1. To send or order back. 2. Law a. To send back to custody. b. To send back (a case) to a lower court with instructions about further proceedings.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English remaunden, from Old French remander, from Late Latin remandre, to send back word : Latin re-, re- + Latin mandre, to order; see man-² in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	re·mand —NOUN re·mandment —NOUN


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