What's the difference between remand and remandment?

Remand


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To recommit; to send back.
  • (n.) The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a sample of men remanded into custody for medical reports during a three-month period, it was found that those who received recommendations for treatment had a diagnosis of acute mental illness, had in the past been admitted more frequently to mental hospitals and had spent a longer period as in-patients.
  • (2) He appeared at Ipswich magistrates court on Monday and was remanded in custody.
  • (3) Reducing the remand time in prison for people accused of minor offences who would not get a prison sentence on conviction will save a further 1,300 places a year.
  • (4) However in a statement released in response to the Amnesty International report, corrective services minister Joe Francis said the government makes “no apology for detaining young people who commit violent crimes,” and suggested all Aboriginal young people who are currently in detention are either serving a sentence or are on remand for “extremely serious crimes,” including murder.
  • (5) In 1990 he was held on remand for almost a year charged with possessing documents likely to be of use to terrorists.
  • (6) Would he have been remanded in custody in a different atmosphere?
  • (7) And that being the case, should they be remanded in custody over the possession of an Oyster card not registered to them and the theft of a mirror?
  • (8) US federal judge David Bunning, who remanded Davis to US marshals during a high-profile hearing last week, ordered the Rowan County clerk released from jail on the condition she doesn’t interfere with efforts by her deputies to issue marriage licenses.
  • (9) Indigenous people make up 40% of people jailed or held on remand in WA, despite being only 3.5% of the population.
  • (10) Four young Egyptians have been remanded in custody, accused of making fun of the government in a satirical video posted on social networks, according to judicial sources.
  • (11) Pineda, who was not immediately charged, has been remanded in custody for 40 days while investigations continue.
  • (12) Tomkins spent 17 months on remand in Birmingham's Winson Green prison before he was acquitted.
  • (13) Amazon recently started blocking pre-orders and delaying shipments on certain Hachette titles as part of a move to remand a higher cut of the retail price.
  • (14) The prevalence of mental disorder amongst prisoners refusing food was studied by examining the prison records of a remand prison and a dispersal prison.
  • (15) Consecutive female admissions to the Winnipeg Remand Centre were studied and data concerning personal history, family background, psychological factors and mental health were recorded.
  • (16) One 35-year-old solicitor said: "Remand [in custody] was used as a sword, as opposed to a shield."
  • (17) Assange, the most famous inmate in the Victorian jail, met his legal team after being sent there on remand when he was refused bail on Tuesday.
  • (18) Michael Adebowale I sentence you to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 45 years less 272 days spent on remand.
  • (19) Peter got six years (which means he will serve three years minus the 150 days he has spent in remand) and a five-year extended licence period.
  • (20) Nearly 40% of remanded adolescents scored above the recommended cut-off scores of the YSR, a figure four times greater than that found among adolescents living in the community.

Remandment


Definition:

  • (n.) A remand.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a sample of men remanded into custody for medical reports during a three-month period, it was found that those who received recommendations for treatment had a diagnosis of acute mental illness, had in the past been admitted more frequently to mental hospitals and had spent a longer period as in-patients.
  • (2) He appeared at Ipswich magistrates court on Monday and was remanded in custody.
  • (3) Reducing the remand time in prison for people accused of minor offences who would not get a prison sentence on conviction will save a further 1,300 places a year.
  • (4) However in a statement released in response to the Amnesty International report, corrective services minister Joe Francis said the government makes “no apology for detaining young people who commit violent crimes,” and suggested all Aboriginal young people who are currently in detention are either serving a sentence or are on remand for “extremely serious crimes,” including murder.
  • (5) In 1990 he was held on remand for almost a year charged with possessing documents likely to be of use to terrorists.
  • (6) Would he have been remanded in custody in a different atmosphere?
  • (7) And that being the case, should they be remanded in custody over the possession of an Oyster card not registered to them and the theft of a mirror?
  • (8) US federal judge David Bunning, who remanded Davis to US marshals during a high-profile hearing last week, ordered the Rowan County clerk released from jail on the condition she doesn’t interfere with efforts by her deputies to issue marriage licenses.
  • (9) Indigenous people make up 40% of people jailed or held on remand in WA, despite being only 3.5% of the population.
  • (10) Four young Egyptians have been remanded in custody, accused of making fun of the government in a satirical video posted on social networks, according to judicial sources.
  • (11) Pineda, who was not immediately charged, has been remanded in custody for 40 days while investigations continue.
  • (12) Tomkins spent 17 months on remand in Birmingham's Winson Green prison before he was acquitted.
  • (13) Amazon recently started blocking pre-orders and delaying shipments on certain Hachette titles as part of a move to remand a higher cut of the retail price.
  • (14) The prevalence of mental disorder amongst prisoners refusing food was studied by examining the prison records of a remand prison and a dispersal prison.
  • (15) Consecutive female admissions to the Winnipeg Remand Centre were studied and data concerning personal history, family background, psychological factors and mental health were recorded.
  • (16) One 35-year-old solicitor said: "Remand [in custody] was used as a sword, as opposed to a shield."
  • (17) Assange, the most famous inmate in the Victorian jail, met his legal team after being sent there on remand when he was refused bail on Tuesday.
  • (18) Michael Adebowale I sentence you to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 45 years less 272 days spent on remand.
  • (19) Peter got six years (which means he will serve three years minus the 150 days he has spent in remand) and a five-year extended licence period.
  • (20) Nearly 40% of remanded adolescents scored above the recommended cut-off scores of the YSR, a figure four times greater than that found among adolescents living in the community.

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