custody
Meaning of custody
noun
- The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
The court awarded custody to the child's father.
- Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
- The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
He was mistreated while in police custody.
- An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.
Information about custody
- It is a name.
- The plural form of custody is: custodies.
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Hyphenation of custody
cus-tody
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- custody is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
custody synonyms
Meaning detention:
Meaning hands:
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