What does custody mean?

Definitions for custody
ˈkʌs tə dicus·tody

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word custody.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. detention, detainment, hold, custodynoun

    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. custodynoun

    holding by the police

    "the suspect is in custody"

  3. hands, custodynoun

    (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"

Wiktionary

  1. custodynoun

    The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.

    The court awarded custody to the child's father.

  2. custodynoun

    Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.

    I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.

  3. custodynoun

    The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

    He was mistreated while in police custody.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Custodynoun

    Etymology: custodia, Latin.

    The council remonstranced unto queen Elizabeth I the conspiracies against her life, and therefore they advised her, that she should go less abroad weakly attended, as she used; but the queen answered, she had rather be dead than put in custody. Francis Bacon, Apophthegms.

    For us enslav’d, is custody severe,
    And stripes, and arbitrary punishment
    Inflicted? John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 335.

    Under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari, shall be the boards of the tabernacle. Num. iii. 36.

    We being strangers here, how dar’st thou trust
    So great a charge from thine own custody. William Shakespeare.

    An offence it were, rashly to depart out of the city committed to their custody. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

    There is generally but one coin stampt upon the occasion, which is made a present to the person who is celebrated on it: by this means the whole fame is in his own custody. Addison.

    There was prepared a fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

ChatGPT

  1. custody

    Custody is the protective care or guardianship of someone or something. It typically refers to the legal rights and responsibilities a parent has towards a child, but it can also refer to the control or possession of an asset, object, or a person by law enforcement or a legal authority.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Custodynoun

    a keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security

  2. Custodynoun

    judicial or penal safe-keeping

  3. Custodynoun

    state of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment

  4. Etymology: [L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. to hide, and E. hide. Seee Hide to cover.]

Wikidata

  1. Custody

    Custody is a 2007 Lifetime television movie, starring Rob Morrow, James Denton, and Kay Panabaker about a widower's fight for custody of his stepdaughter when her birth father who abandoned her returns. Aired on September 8, 2007. It was filmed in and around Ottawa, ON on locations such as the University of Ottawa, Rideau Canal, and Le Chateau Montebello. It was based on the book "Figures of Echo", by Mary S. Herczog.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Custody

    kus′to-di, n. a watching or guarding: care: security: imprisonment.—adj. Custō′dial.—ns. Custō′dian, Cus′tode, Custō′dier, Cus′tos, one who has care, esp. of some public building. [L. custodia, from custos, custodis, a keeper.]

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.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'custody' in Nouns Frequency: #2308

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of custody in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of custody in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of custody in a Sentence

  1. Rick Friedman:

    He killed his baby and [the baby is] in the house...His wife broke up with him over the phone yesterday...I can't even believe this is happening. Steven Pladl, 42, was found dead Thursday morning in his vehicle in Dover, N.Y., several miles from the New Milford, Conn., murder scene where Katie and her adoptive father, 56-year-old Anthony Fusco, were discovered. Those two were also found dead in a vehicle that had one of its windows shot out, police said. The child’s body was found inside Pladl's home, hundreds of miles south in Knightdale, N.C., the same day. Pladl’s mother -- the one who tipped off authorities about the toddler's death -- had obtained custody of the child Steven fathered with his daughter following their arrests in January for adultery and contributing to delinquency, police told WNCN. The mother lives in Cary, about a half hour’s drive from Knightdale, and reportedly told them that Steve had picked Bennett up from her home Wednesday night. April 12, 2018: Police work at the scene where Katie Pladl and her adoptive father, Anthony Fusco, were found dead. (AP/Hearst Connecticut Media ) The toddler was found dead around 9 a.m. Thursday after officers performed a welfare check on the Knightdale home, where Pladl -- and previously his daughter -- had lived. Katie Pladl moved out of the home earlier this year and was living with her adoptive family in New York after bonding out of jail in Virginia, WNCN reported, citing court documents. It appeared Steven Pladl drove through the night Wednesday to hunt down his daughter and Fusco. They were found dead around 8:40 a.m. Thursday, and Pladl shot himself shortly afterward. This is a terrible tragedy that nobody foresaw, i really believe that if the judges or the prosecutor or the defense attorneys in this case had any clue that the minor child or anyone would be harmed there would not be a bond set for any of the parties.

  2. Amnesty International:

    While in custody the men were tortured by security officers including through electric shocks and beatings. Ali Mohamed al-Arab's toenails were also ripped out.

  3. Ryan Walsh:

    The Hampden County Sheriff's Department always aims to provide the best healthcare available to everyone who comes into our custody, often, individuals come to us after many years of poor health care in the community and we strive to provide the best healthcare services given the challenging circumstances of these individuals prior to them arriving in our custody.

  4. Lawrence Greenspon:

    He went through all the evidence of both Joshua and Caitlan, and reached a decision with which Joshua and his family, and we are very pleased, for them, this is really the first step to obtaining their main priority, which is access and eventually hopefully custody of the four children.

  5. Brian Marriott:

    It is still very early and we are awaiting further guidance on the matter, our focus is on continuing to provide quality services and care to the minors in HHS/ORR funded facilities and reunifying minors with a relative or appropriate sponsor as we have done since HHS inherited the program. Reunification is always the ultimate goal of those entrusted with the care of UACs, and the administration is working towards that for those UACs currently in HHS custody.

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Translations for custody

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  • حبسArabic
  • Sorgerecht, Aufbewahrung, Verwahrung, Obhut, HaftGerman
  • hallussapito, huosta, huoltajuus, pidätysFinnish
  • gardeFrench
  • 養育権, 預かり, 保管Japanese
  • 拘留Korean
  • omsorgsrettNorwegian
  • omsorgsrettNorwegian Nynorsk
  • опе́ка, заключе́ние, содержа́ние, содержание под стражей, хранение, попече́ниеRussian
  • sorumluluk, gözaltına alınmak, vesayet, gözaltıTurkish

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