Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining.
- adjective Having custody, especially of a child.
- adjective Of or relating to child custody.
- adjective Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or of the nature of custody or guardianship.
- noun Same as
custodia. C. Reade .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to custody or guardianship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Providing
protection ,care ,supervision orguarding - adjective Of, pertaining to or providing
custody , especially of a child - adjective Providing
punishment byincarceration
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
Etymologies
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Examples
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BNY Mellon provided the pension funds with what are known as "custodial" and back-office financial services.
States Go After Big Bank on Forex Tom McGinty 2011
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"[O] nce defendant was physically taken into custody and handcuffed, the potential for coercion was as great as that which inheres in custodial interrogation by a police officer, and ... administration of the Miranda warnings was required to dispel that potential coercion in order for defendant's statement to be admissible in a criminal trial."
Fourth Department 2006
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The right way is called the custodial account; the wrong way is to do what all too many parents and grandparents do—open a joint account.
MORE WEALTH WITHOUT RISK CHARLES J. GIVENS 1995
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The right way is called the custodial account; the wrong way is to do what all too many parents and grandparents do—open a joint account.
MORE WEALTH WITHOUT RISK CHARLES J. GIVENS 1995
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Mr Thornhill said: We feel very strongly that short term custodial sentences must be available and available for those who continue to offend, particularly violent offences.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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And that's before you even mention long-term custodial care.
unknown title 2009
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And that's before you even mention long-term custodial care.
unknown title 2009
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One main issue was short-term custodial sentencing.
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"But whilst short-term custodial sentences are still part of statute they are a proper sentence and it is the responsibility of governors to apply the sentence imposed by the court."
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Typically, James would be given a detention and training order (DTO), in other words a custodial sentence, for around four months.
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