Adjourn vs Remand - What's the difference?
adjourn | remand |
To postpone.
To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
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To end or suspend an event.
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
To send a prisoner back to custody.A modern legal definition includes the possibility of bail being granted, so in the United Kingdom at least, this does not necessarily imply custody: '>citation
To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
(obsolete) To send back.
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As verbs the difference between adjourn and remand
is that adjourn is to postpone while remand is to send a prisoner back to custody.As a noun remand is
the act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.adjourn
English
Verb
(en verb)- The trial was adjourned for a week.
- It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
- The court will adjourn for lunch.
- After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.
See also
* adjournmentremand
English
Noun
(-)Verb
(en verb)- Remand it to its former place.