Dictionary Definition
custody
Noun
1 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" [syn: detention, hold]
2 holding by the police; "the suspect is in
custody"
3 (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" [syn: hands]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- Possession of something or someone.
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Custody can refer to:
- Child custody
- Police custody (Arrest)
- Custody account, see either Custodian bank or Clearing house (finance) Banking)
- Custody, a 2007 Lifetime movie starring Rob Morrow, James Denton and Kay Panabaker.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
administration, auspices, captainship, care, chairmanship, charge, cold storage, confinement, conservation, convenership, cure, custodianship, dead
storage, detention,
dictatorship,
directorate,
directorship, dry
storage, eagle eye, foremanship, generalship, governance, government, governorship, guard, guardedness, guardianship, guarding, guidance, hands, headship, hold, imprisonment, incarceration, intendancy, invigilation, jurisdiction, keep, keeping, leadership, lookout, management, managership, mastership, ministry, monitoring, observance, overseership, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, peeled eye,
preservation,
presidency,
preventive custody, proctoring, proctorship, protection, protective
custody, protectorship, prudence, qui vive, safe hands,
safekeeping, sharp
eye, shelf-room, sovereignty, stewardship, storage, storage space, stowage, superintendence,
superintendency,
supervision,
supervisorship,
surveillance,
trust, tutelage, vigil, vigilance, ward, wardenship, wardship, warehousing, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful
eye, watchfulness,
watching, weather eye,
wing