postponed case or parliamentary bill
• (n.) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.
(from the article `parole`) ...conditional on good behaviour outside prison; if another offense was committed, the convict could be returned to prison to serve out the rest of ...
Rem'a·net noun [ Latin , it remains.] (Legal Practice) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case. [ Eng.]