meaning of custody
1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
3. State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
4. 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 presidents hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the
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Related Words
custody | custody battle | custody case |
