English Online Dictionary. What means custody? What does custody mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). Doublet of custode.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌstədiː/ (Estuary English)
- Homophone: custardy (in some dialects)
Noun
custody (usually uncountable, plural custodies)
- The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
- Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
- The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
Derived terms
Related terms
- custodial
- custodian
Translations
Further reading
- “custody”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “custody”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “custody”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Custódia Priberam Dictionary