Hypertext Webster Gateway: "custody"

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) 1.7 (wn)

custody
n 1: 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" [syn: {detention},
{hold}]
2: holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody"
3: (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" [syn: {hands}]


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