custodial

cus·to·di·al  (k-std-l)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining: the custodial duties of a security guard.

2.

a. Having custody, especially of a child: "children whose custodial parent has remarried" (American Demographics).

b. Of or relating to child custody: custodial households.

3. Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure: custodial treatment of terminal patients.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

custodial - providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods" tutelar, tutelary protective - intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"

Translations

custodial [kʌsˈtəʊdɪəl] ADJ

1. custodial sentence → condena f de prisión

2. custodial staff (in museum etc) → personal m de vigilancia

custodial [kʌˈstəʊdiəl] adj
custodial parent → parent m ayant la garde des enfants
custodial sentence n → peine f de prison
to be given a custodial sentence → être condamné(e) à la prison

custodial

adj (form)

duties etc → als Aufseher

custodial sentence → Gefängnisstrafe f