The Clue
Back order? (6 letter answer)
The Answer
REMAND
Tags
Notes
The answer REMAND is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.
Related Clues
Order back
Send back
Order back into custody
Send back or consign again
Send back to a lower court
Definition
REMAND as a noun:
1. the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
REMAND as a verb:
1. (remit, remand, send back) = refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
2. (imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand) = lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"