2 definitions found
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 1.6 [wn]:
custody
n 1: a state of confinement (usually for a short time; "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 "my fate is in your hands";
"too much power in the president's hands"; "the children
are in the custody of their mother" [syn: {hands}]
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