About The Word Custody
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Custody
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What's The Definition Of Custody?
[n] (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"
[n] holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody" [n] a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" Synonyms | Synonyms for Custody: detention | hands | hold Related Terms | Find terms related to Custody: administration | auspices | captainship | care | chairmanship | charge | cold storage | confinement | conservation | convenership | cure | custodianship | dead storage | detention | dictatorship | directorate | directorship | dry storage | eagle eye | foremanship | generalship | governance | government | governorship | guard | guardedness | guardianship | guarding | guidance | hands | headship | hold | imprisonment | incarceration | intendancy | invigilation | jurisdiction | keep | keeping | leadership | lookout | management | managership | mastership | ministry | monitoring | observance | overseership | oversight | pastorage | pastorate | pastorship | patronage | peeled eye | preservation | presidency | preventive custody | proctoring | proctorship | protection | protective custody | protectorship | prudence | qui vive | safe hands | safekeeping | sharp eye | shelf-room | sovereignty | stewardship | storage | storage space | stowage | superintendence | superintendency | supervision | supervisorship | surveillance | trust | tutelage | vigil | vigilance | ward | wardenship | wardship | warehousing | wariness | watch | watch and ward | watchful eye | watchfulness | watching | weather eye | wing See Also | confinement | guardianship | imprisonment | internment | keeping | safekeeping Custody In Webster's Dictionary \Cus"to*dy\ (k?s"t?-d?), n. [L. custodia, fr. custos
guard; prob. akin to Gr. ?????? to hide, and E. hide. See
{Hide} to cover.]
1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for
keeping, preservation, or security.
A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the
narrow seas. --Bacon.
2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
Jailer, take him to thy custody. --Shak.
3. State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape;
restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody
severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment?
--Milton.
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