custody : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: custody	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for custody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
custody n 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" Synonym(s): detention, detainment, hold, custody holding by the police; "the suspect is in 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" Synonym(s): hands, custody
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Custody \Cus"tody\ (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.