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Custody Definition And Meaning
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.

Custody Definition And Meaning

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

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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