CUSTODY Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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custody

[ kuhs-tuh-dee ]

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noun

plural custodies.

keeping; guardianship; care.
Synonyms: , ,
the keeping or charge of officers of the law:
The car was held in the custody of the police.
imprisonment; legal restraint:
He was taken into custody.
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

/ 藞k蕦st蓹d瑟; k蕦藞st蓹蕣d瑟蓹l /

noun

the act of keeping safe or guarding, esp the right of guardianship of a minor
the state of being held by the police; arrest (esp in the phrases in custody, take into custody )

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Derived Forms

custodial, adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of custody¹

1400鈥�50; late Middle English custodye < Latin 肠耻蝉迟艒诲颈补 鈥渁 watching, watchman,鈥� equivalent to 肠耻蝉迟艒诲- (stem of 肠耻蝉迟艒蝉 ) 鈥渒eeper鈥� + -ia -y ³

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of custody¹

C15: from Latin 肠耻蝉迟艒诲颈补, from 肠耻蝉迟艒蝉 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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Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. said that a male suspect was taken into custody in Koreatown around 5:45 p.m.

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They are being held in custody without bail pending an arraignment.

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In a series of posts, Gen Kainerugaba said his soldiers had captured Mr Sebuufu "liked a grasshopper" and he was learning Runyankore, a language spoken in western Uganda, while in custody.

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Woodbury, who is out of custody on bond, could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Nelson has been in federal custody since August 2024 and was previously serving a prison sentence in Kentucky after being convicted in state court there in an unrelated case.

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