different between remand vs prison

English

Etymology

From 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m??nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???mænd/
• Rhymes: -??nd, -ænd

Noun

remand (countable and uncountable, plural remands)

1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
   • 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, p. 139:

     As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.

2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
   • 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, p. 102:

     If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]

Translations

Verb

remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)

1. To send a prisoner back to custody.

   • Charged with Linda Cook's murder, he was remanded in custody at Winchester Prison the same month. Murder_of_Linda_Cook

2. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
3. (obsolete) To send back.

   • Remand it to its former place.

Derived terms

• on remand
• remandment

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References

Anagrams

• Erdman, Mander, Marden, Menard, Redman, damner, mander, manred, mrenda, randem, red man, redman

English

Etymology

From Middle English prisoun, prison, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensi?nem, accusative singular of prehensi?, from the verb prehend?. Doublet of prehension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??z?n/, [p?????zn?]
• Rhymes: -?z?n

Noun

prison (countable and uncountable, plural prisons)

1. A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

   Synonyms: bridewell, big house; see also Thesaurus:prison

   Coordinate terms: gaol, jail, slammer, hoosegow

   Hypernyms: correctional facility, correctional institution

   Hyponyms: panopticon, dungeon

2. (uncountable) Confinement in prison.

   Synonym: imprisonment

3. (colloquial, figuratively) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

prison (third-person singular simple present prisons, present participle prisoning, simple past and past participle prisoned)

1. (transitive) To imprison.

Translations

Further reading

• prison at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• porins, prions, proins, ripons, spinor

French

Etymology

From Old French prison, inherited from Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem, from prehend?. Doublet of préhension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.z??/

Noun

prison f (plural prisons)

1. prison

Derived terms

• aimable comme une porte de prison
• emprisonner
• prison dorée
• prisonnier

Further reading

• “prison” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• prions, ripons

Norman

Etymology

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem (“seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing”).

Noun

prison f (plural prisons)

1. (Jersey) prison

Related terms

• emprisonner, mettre en prison (“to imprison”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• prisoun (less common)
• prisun (less common)

Etymology

From Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem, from prehend?.

Noun

prison f (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prison, nominative plural prisons)

1. prison

Noun

prison m (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prisons, nominative plural prison)

1. prisoner

Derived terms

• prisonnier

Descendants

• ? Middle English: prisoun
  • English: prison
  • Scots: preeson
• French: prison
• Norman: prison (Jersey)