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custody::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | detainment, detention, hold |
| Type of | confinement |
he is in the custody of police.
custody::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hands |
| Type of | guardianship, keeping, safekeeping |
| Derivation | custodial |
your guests are now in my custody.
the mother was awarded custody of the children.
Examples of custody
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While grateful for his freedom, Youssef hasn't forgotten those still in custody.
From the time.com
His family reported his conversion when he tried to get custody of his children.
From the upi.com
As of Monday, he was back in custody in the county jail in lieu of $30,000 bond.
From the stltoday.com
Scales said her grandmother had custody of Jaquilla because Scales was so young.
From the kansas.com
The couple lost custody of their seven sons in 2009, after allegations of abuse.
From the kansas.com
He has been held in custody in a military prison and could face a court-martial.
From the economist.com
Chatterton said three passengers in the stolen car were also taken into custody.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Thirteen journalists are still said to be either missing in Libya or in custody.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Bail has been set at $750,000 and he remains in custody at the Kane County jail.
From the dailyherald.com
- Detention: 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"
- Holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody"
- Hands: (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"
- 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. ...
- "Custody" is the fourth episode in the third season of the Canadian police drama television series Flashpoint. The episode first aired on October 16, 2009.
- Possession of something or someone
- Care and keeping of anything, i.e., children in a domestic relations action.
- Immediate control that an authority exercises over property or people.
- Detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his or her appearance to any hearing; the jailing or imprisonment of a person convicted of a crime.
