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 Definitions of Custody  [ˈkʌs tə di]  

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Definition of 'Custody' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) custody
keeping; guardianship; care.

2.  custody
the keeping or charge of officers of the law:
in the custody of the police.

3.  custody
imprisonment; legal restraint:
He was taken into custody.

4.  custody
(esp. in a divorce) the right of determining the residence, care, schooling, etc., of a child or children.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < L custōdia a watching, watchman =custōd-, s. of custōs keeper +-ia -y3)

Definition of 'Custody' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) detention, detainment, hold, custody
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"

2. (noun) custody
holding by the police
"the suspect is in custody"

3. (noun) hands, custody
(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"


Definition of 'Custody' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) custody
cushion the blow
the legal right to take care of sb or sth
Her ex-husband has custody of the kids.

2.  custody
in/into custody
being kept in jail by the police
He has been in custody for three days.; They were taken into custody after the robbery.


Definition of 'Custody' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Custody
a keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security

2. (noun) Custody
judicial or penal safe-keeping

3. (noun) Custody
state of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment


Definition of 'Custody' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  Custody
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.


Translation of 'Custody' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: care or keeping
The mother was awarded custody of the children by the court.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voogskap Arabic flag Arabic: رِعايَة الأطفال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: попечителство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: custódia Czech flag Czech: péče, opatrování German flag German: die Aufsicht
Danish flag Danish: forældremyndighed Greek flag Greek: επιμέλεια Spanish flag Spanish: custodia
Estonian flag Estonian: hooldus, eestkoste Farsi flag Farsi: نگهداری؛ سرپرستی Finnish flag Finnish: huoltajuus
French flag French: garde Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִשמוֹרֶת Hindi flag Hindi: देखभाल
Croatian flag Croatian: skrbništvo Hungarian flag Hungarian: őrizet Indonesian flag Indonesian: pemeliharaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: forsjá Italian flag Italian: custodia Japanese flag Japanese: 保護
Korean flag Korean: 보호 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: globa Latvian flag Latvian: aizbildnība
Malay flag Malay: hak penjagaan Dutch flag Dutch: voogdij Norwegian flag Norwegian: forvaring, foreldrerett/-
Polish flag Polish: opieka Persian flag Persian: نگهداری؛ سرپرستی Pashto flag Pashto: ساتنه، سرپرستی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: custódia Romanian flag Romanian: custodie Russian flag Russian: попечение
Slovak flag Slovak: starostlivosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: skrbništvo Serbian flag Serbian: starateljstvo
Swedish flag Swedish: vårdnad Thai flag Thai: สิทธิในการดูแลเด็ก Turkish flag Turkish: bakım, gözetim, koruma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 監護 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: опіка, піклування Urdu flag Urdu: نگرانی، تحويل، حفاظت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự chăm sóc Chinese flag Chinese: 监护

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