remand someone (in)to the custody of someone
- remand someone (in)to the custody of someone
remand someone (in)to the custody of someone & remand someone over to someone
to order someone placed into the custody of someone. •
The court remanded the prisoner into the custody of the sheriff.
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The judge remanded Mary to the custody of the sheriff.
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The judge remanded Gerald over to his father.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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