remanded

3 definitions • 3 examples

past simple and past participle of

to send someone accused of committing a crime away from court until their trial begins:

be remanded on He was remanded on theft charges.

be remanded in custody The accused was remanded in custody (= kept in prison before the trial began) for a week.

to be allowed to leave a law court after you have been accused of committing a crime to go to a particular place, usually your home, to wait until the trial begins, after paying an amount of money to the court that will not be given back if you do not appear at the trial:

Both women were remanded on bail.