Meaning

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

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

verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

originFrom Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0