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remand

noun [U]
 
 
/rɪˈmɑːnd/ US  /-ˈmænd/

Definition

legal the state of being remandedPutting people in prison on remand UK legal in prison until a court trial begins: He was held on remand in Brixton prison for 18 months.Putting people in prisonCourt cases, orders and decisions
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