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custody |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Bacon. 2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping. Jailer, take him to thy custody. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: custody n 1: a state of confinement (usually for a short time; "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 "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "the children are in the custody of their mother" [syn: {hands}]
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