detention, confinement; supervision; guardianship
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Custody Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Custody Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
(n.)
Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
(n.)
A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
custody
\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.
2. judicial or penal safe-keeping. jailer, take him to thy custody.
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?
custody
n
1. 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" [syn: detention, hold]
2. holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody"
3. (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" [syn: hands]
similar words(2)
in safe custody
taking into custody
Adne = n. m. custody, safe keeping
Cedwid = n. custody, possession
Cysdodi = v. to place in custody
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) detention, hold
(hypernym) confinement
2. holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody"
(hypernym) imprisonment, internment
3. (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"
(synonym) hands
(hypernym) guardianship, keeping, safekeeping
Custody Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
The holding and administration of securities and other financial instruments on behalf of others.
Copyright © 2006, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. This information may be obtained free of charge through the ECB's website.Custody Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
1. The responsibility for the control of, transfer and movement of, and access to, weapons and components. Custody also includes the maintenance of accountability for weapons and components. 2. Temporary restraint of a person.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Custody Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Custody may refer to:
- Legal custody
- Child custody, a description of the legal relationship between a parent (or guardian) and child
- Police custody or detention, a lawful holding of a person by removing their freedom of liberty
- Custody (film), a 2007 American TV film starring Rob Morrow
- Custody (1988 film), an Australian TV film featuring Peter Carroll
- "Custody" (Flashpoint), an episode of Flashpoint
- "Custody" (Law & Order), an episode of Law & Order
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Custody Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The detention of an individual's person by virtue of lawful process or authority. To be in custody, is to be lawfully detained under arrest.
In another sense, custody signifies having the care and possession of a thing; as, the chancellor is entitled to the custody as the keeper of the seal.
Also signifies the party or parties who have various obligations and rights regarding children.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.In another sense, custody signifies having the care and possession of a thing; as, the chancellor is entitled to the custody as the keeper of the seal.
Also signifies the party or parties who have various obligations and rights regarding children.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Charge and control of a person or item of property. - (read more on Custody)
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As applied to property, the condition of holding a thing within one'spersonal care and control. As applied to persons, such control over a person aswill insure his or her presence at a hearing, or the actual imprisonment of aperson resulting from a criminal conviction. Custody of children is legalguardianship.
the legal right and responsibility to raise a minor child and to make decisions.
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