Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court: synonym: care.
- noun The state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the police.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A keeping; a guarding; care, watch, inspection, or detention, for preservation or security: as, the prisoner was committed to the custody of the sheriff.
- noun Restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment; incarceration.
- noun Safe-keeping against a foe; guarding; security.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
- noun Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
- noun State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
- noun Temporary
possession or care of somebody else's property. - noun The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a
trial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- noun holding by the police
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The counter in custody is not a blind spot. on September 9, 2009 at 11: 09 am Anon
Citizen Focus – meet the “customer”. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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If they got the right guy, the guy they have in custody is a major and a psychiatrist.
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Gates was playing with fire and 4 hours in custody is not good but not terrible – I don't think he was out of line, but the police also have their lives on the line
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There are probably even situations where not intervening against a parent slapping a child in custody is the right decision, when the child would learn from the punishment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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There are probably even situations where not intervening against a parent slapping a child in custody is the right decision, when the child would learn from the punishment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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We all know what a Friday night in custody is like - mad.
Personal Location Systems « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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The man in custody is Nigerian, and police confirm he has been deported eight times but keeps returning using phony passports.
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In the absence of a reasonable or founded suspicion that a person in custody is concealing weapons or contraband, a person in custody on a misdemeanor or other minor offense has a constitutional right to be free from warrantless strip searches (see People v Kelley, 306 AD2d 699, 700 [2003], lv denied 1 NY3d 598 [2004]; People v Jennings, 297 AD2d 644 [2002]).
First Department 2008
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In the absence of a reasonable or founded suspicion that a person in custody is concealing weapons or contraband, a person in custody on a misdemeanor or other minor offense has a constitutional right to be free from warrantless strip searches (see People v Kelley, 306 AD2d 699, 700 [2003], lv denied 1 NY3d 598 [2004]; People v Jennings, 297 AD2d 644 [2002]).
Third Department 2008
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Being in custody is not supposed to be like checking in to the VIP lounge at Heathrow Airport.
Keep The Coffee Coming « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
crunchysaviour commented on the word custody
Think of this word as being spelled "custardy" to make light of those difficult incarceration-based situations.
August 16, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word custody
Niiiice!
Reminds me of college, where all students had to do a two-year project called a Plan, and some friends devised a Top Ten List for Reducing Plan Stress. Number one was: "Change the P in Plan to an F for flan, and turn your own personal nightmare into an innocuous Mexican custard-like dessert."
(Note: no flans were harmed in the making of this immature comment.)
p.s. Have you thought about bracketing custardy?
August 16, 2008
crunchysaviour commented on the word custody
Consider it done, friend.
August 19, 2008