custody

cus·to·dy  (kst-d)

n. pl. cus·to·dies

1. The act or right of guarding, especially such a right granted by a court: an adult who was given custody of the child.

2. Care, supervision, and control exerted by one in charge. See Synonyms at care.

3. The state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the police: took the robbery suspect into custody.

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[Middle English custodie, from Latin custdia, from custs, custd-, guard; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

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custody

Noun

pl -dies

1. the act of keeping safe

2. imprisonment prior to being tried [Latin custos guard, defender]

custodial adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	custody - 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" detainment, detention, hold confinement - the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
	2.	custody - holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody" internment, imprisonment - the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
	3.	custody - (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" hands safekeeping, guardianship, keeping - the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"

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custody

noun 1. care, charge, protection, supervision, preservation, auspices, aegis, tutelage, guardianship, safekeeping, keeping, trusteeship, custodianship

noun 2. imprisonment, detention, confinement, incarceration

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1. The responsibility for the control of, transfer and movement of, and access to, weapons and components. Custody also includes the maintenance of accountability for weapons and components.
2. Temporary restraint of a person.

Translations

custody [ˈkʌstədɪ] n → custodia;

to take sb into custody → detener a algn;

in the custody of → al cuidado or cargo de

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custody [ˈkʌstədɪ] n [of child] → garde f;

(for offenders) → détention préventive;

to take sb into custody → placer qn en détention préventive;

in the custody of → sous la garde de

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custody [ˈkʌstədɪ] n (of child) → Vormundschaft f;

(for offenders) → (polizeilicher) Gewahrsam m, Haft f;

to take into custody → verhaften;

in the custody of → unter der Obhut +gen;

the mother has custody of the children → die Kinder sind der Mutter zugesprochen worden

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custody [ˈkʌstədɪ] n [of child] → custodia;

(for offenders) → arresto;

to take sb into custody → mettere qn in detenzione preventiva;

in the custody of → alla custodia di