noun [U]
1 the legal right or duty to take care of or keep sb/sth; the act of taking care of sth/sb:
Who will have custody of the children? * The divorce court awarded custody to the child's mother. * The parents were locked in a bitter battle for custody. * The bank provides safe custody for valuables. * The castle is now in the custody of the state.
2 the state of being in prison, especially while waiting for trial:
After the riot, 32 people were taken into police custody. * (BrE) He was remanded in custody, charged with the murder of a policeman.
seealsoYOUTHCUSTODY
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for custody is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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