noun
definition
Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
definition
A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.
Examples of remits in a Sentence
If it pronounces cessation it remits the case to the hearing of a court of the same order.
The remission or abatement lasts generally throughout the morning; and about noon there is an exacerbation, seldom ushered in by chills, which continues till the early morning following, when it remits or abates as before.
The Crown by pardon only remits the penalty for an attack upon itself.
The consul collects the property (including arrears of wages) of British seamen or apprentices dying abroad, and remits to H.M.