1) Arrest 2) Caging 3) Captivity 4) Care 5) Charge 6) Confinement 7) Detention 8) Divorce issue, frequently 9) Divorce issue, often 10) Guardianship 11) Guardianship over 12) Hold 13) Holding by the police 14) Imprisonment 15) Incarceration 16) Internment 17) Keeping 18) Kind of battle 19) Locking up
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1) Arrest 2) Care 3) Control 4) Detention 5) Hands 6) Imprisonment 7) Keeping 8) Preservation 9) Protection 10) Retention 11) Wardship
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- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- holding by the police
- (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
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Detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his/her appearance at any hearing; the jailing or imprisonment of a person convicted of a crime.
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• (n.) A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. • (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. • (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
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Possession.
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(from the article `family law`) Questions of custody cannot be determined solely by deduction from a rule of law. They require the exercise of judicial discretion that takes account ...
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When a person is kept in prison or a police cell.
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Possession of securities by a financial institution on behalf of others, for purposes of safekeeping.
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The state of being held in confinement by the police or prison authorities. Following an arrest, a person may either be kept in custody or released on bail. ...
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It means the possession and control of a thing or person.1)Detention of a person who has committed any illegal act by police in prison after conviction of a crime or while awaiting trial. 2)In case of child custody after divorce the the legal aunthority given to one parent or sometimes both the parents jointly for the care,control and maintenance o...
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Having rights to your child. Custody can be either legal, which means that you have the right to make important decisions about your child's welfare, or physical, which means that the child lives with and is raised by you.
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when someone is held in detention for questioning, on remand or as a punishment - e.g., at the police station, a young offender institution, a secure training centre, or a prison
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Cus'to·dy noun [ Latin
custodia , from
custos guard; probably akin to Greek .................. to hide, and English
hide . See
Hide to cover.]
1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. « A fleet of thirty ships...
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The detention of an individual's person by virtue of lawful process or authority. To be in custody, is to be lawfully detained under arrest.
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(Of A Child) The legal authority to make decisions affecting a child's interests (legal custody) and the responsibility of taking care of the child (physical custody). When parents separate or divorce, they may share legal and physical custody, or one parent may have physical custody with the other parent having visitation. (See also: joint ...
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1) In family law, the right to make decisions about or physically live with a child. 2) Holding property under one's control. 3) Holding an accused or convicted person in the control of the state, beginning with the arrest of the person.
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Detention by the police or prison authorities.
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[
n] - holding by the police
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custody 1. The legal right and responsibility for raising a child and personally supervising the child's upbringing; especially, a person's right to keep the child in his or her home. 2. Detention by the police or other authorities; arrested and in custody: 'The police have taken the man into custody.' 3. The state of being held in another person...
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the possession of an item or child. Legal custody means that the possession has been granted by the courts; physical custody refers to the actual physical location of the item or child.
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keeping; guardianship; care. · 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 calledthe right of determining the residence, protection, care, and education of a minor child or children, esp. in a divorce or separation. Cf...
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