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noun

Custody n.

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. "A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas."

Judicial or penal safe-keeping. "Jailer, take him to thy custody."

State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. "What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment?"

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Etymology of 'Custody'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Custody" Quotes from Famous Books

... hands in the same condition as if it were buried uncier ground and watched by an evil spirit. His desires are like the bottomless pit which he is destined to, for the one is as soon filled as the other. He shuts up his money in close custody, and that which has power to open all locks is not able to set itself at liberty. If he ever lets it out it is upon good bail and mainprize, to render itself prisoner again whensoever it shall be summoned. He loves wealth as an eunuch does women, whom he has no possibility of enjoying, ...

— Character Writings of the 17th Century • Various

... forces possessed by her Ladyship, Countess von Falkenstein. I have to acquaint you with the fact that your servant and messenger has been captured. Your castle of Schonburg is besieged, and Conrad, unaware, rode straight into custody. This coming to the ears of my lady the Countess, she directed me to intercept you if possible, so that you might not share the fate of your servant, and offer to you the hospitality of Gudenfels Castle until such time as you ...

— The Strong Arm • Robert Barr

... Mrs. Kingdon, "in the custody of—Bender, for stealing, and he took me away to save me from jail, to bring me up here to the 'best woman in the world,' he said, and I made light of what he had done all the way up the trail. And he was so kind to me—me, a pickpocket. I think I ...

— Penny of Top Hill Trail • Belle Kanaris Maniates

... to-night," said Lucy. "And now I will go in to your wife." And then she returned to the house, leaving the two gentlemen at the door. At this moment a labourer's boy came sauntering by, and the dean, obtaining possession of his services for the custody of his horse, was able to dismount and put himself on a more equal footing for conversation ...

— Framley Parsonage • Anthony Trollope

... once decided to head off the broker, Fitz keeping an eye on his office every half hour in the hope that he might turn up, and I completing the arrangements for the colonel's bail so as to forestall the possibility of his remaining in custody overnight. ...

— Colonel Carter of Cartersville • F. Hopkinson Smith

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