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custody

[ kuhs-tuh-dee ]

noun

plural custodies.
  1. keeping; guardianship; care.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. the keeping or charge of officers of the law:

    The car was held in the custody of the police.

  3. imprisonment; legal restraint:

    He was taken into custody.

  4. Also called child custody. Law. the right of determining the residence, protection, care, and education of a minor child or children, especially in a divorce or separation. Compare joint custody, sole custody.


custody

/ ˈkʌstədɪ; kʌˈstəʊdɪəl /

noun

  1. the act of keeping safe or guarding, esp the right of guardianship of a minor
  2. the state of being held by the police; arrest (esp in the phrases in custody, take into custody )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • custodial, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of custody1

1400–50; late Middle English custodye < Latin ³¦³Ü²õ³ÙŻ徱²¹ “a watching, watchman,†equivalent to ³¦³Ü²õ³ÙÅ»å- (stem of ³¦³Ü²õ³ÙŲõ ) “keeper†+ -ia -y 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of custody1

C15: from Latin ³¦³Ü²õ³ÙŻ徱²¹, from ³¦³Ü²õ³ÙŲõ guard, defender
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Synonym Study

Custody, keeping, possession imply a guardianship or care for something. Custody denotes a strict keeping, as by a formally authorized and responsible guardian or keeper: in the custody of the sheriff. Keeping denotes having in one's care or charge, as for guarding or preservation: I left the package in my mother's keeping. Possession means holding, ownership, or mastery: Leave it in possession of its owner.
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US lawyers have argued that the government is powerless to reverse the deportation because Mr Garcia is now in Salvadoran custody.

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A court later heard that, unbeknown to them, they were recorded as they sat in the back of a police car on the way to the custody suite.

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When Fileto got custody of her three grandchildren last year, she said they were so malnourished that their bones were showing.

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Just days after a relative posted Sun’s $25,000 bond, releasing him from custody, authorities lost track of him and issued a warrant for his arrest.

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Atlanta prosecutors on Wednesday filed a motion requesting a judge revoke the “Pushin P†artist’s probation and remand him into custody “without delay.â€

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