The courts
remand
An appellate court sending a case back down for further proceedings consistent with its ruling.
In full
Appellate courts rarely finish a case themselves. Having decided the legal question, they typically vacate or reverse and remand, returning the case to the lower court to apply the corrected rule, hold new proceedings, or reconsider. A Supreme Court 'GVR' (grant, vacate, remand) does this summarily after an intervening decision changes the law.
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