custody

English

Etymology

From Latin custodia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custos (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌstədiː/ (Estuary English)
• Homophone: custardy (in some dialects)

Noun

custody (usually uncountable, plural custodies)

1. The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.

   The court awarded custody to the child's father.

2. 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.

3. The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

   He was mistreated while in police custody.

Derived terms

Terms derived from custody

• joint custody
• maternal custody

• paternal custody
• protective custody

• sole custody

Related terms

• custodial
• custodian

Translations

legal right to take care of something or somebody

• Arabic: حَبْس‎ (ar) m (ḥabs)
• Catalan: custòdia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撫養權 (zh), 抚养权 (zh) (fǔyǎngquán), 監護權 (zh), 监护权 (zh) (jiānhùquán)

• Finnish: huoltajuus (fi) (of a child)
• French: garde (fr) f
• German: Sorgerecht (de) n, Obhut (de) f
• Hungarian: őrizet (hu), felügyelet (hu), (of children) (szülői) felügyeleti jog, gyermekelhelyezés
• Italian: affidamento (it) m
• Japanese: 養育権 (よういくけん, yōikuken)

• Korean: 양육권 (yang-yukgwon)
• Latin: custōdia f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omsorgsrett (no) m (of a child)

  Nynorsk: omsorgsrett m (of a child)

• Portuguese: guarda (pt) f
• Romanian: custodie (ro) f
• Russian: попече́ние (ru) n (popečénije), опе́ка (ru) f (opéka), содержа́ние (ru) n (soderžánije)
• Spanish: custodia (es) f, patria potestad (es) f, tutela (es) f
• Turkish: vesayet (tr), velayet (tr) (of a child), sorumluluk (tr)

temporary possession

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保管 (zh) (bǎoguǎn), 保護 (zh), 保护 (zh) (bǎohù)

• Finnish: huosta, hallussapito
• German: Verwahrung f, Aufbewahrung (de) f
• Japanese: 保管 (ja) (ほかん, hokan), 預かり (あずかり, azukari)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: varetekt (no) m or f, forvaring m or f

  Nynorsk: varetekt f, forvaring f

• Romanian: păstrare (ro) f
• Russian: хране́ние (ru) n (xranénije)
• Turkish: , emanet (tr), inam (tr) (archaic), vedia (tr)

state of being imprisoned or detained

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 監禁 (zh), 监禁 (zh) (jiānjìn), 拘留 (zh) (jūliú)

• Czech: vazba (cs) f
• Finnish: pidätys (fi)
• French: garde à vue (fr) f
• German: Haft (de) f, Untersuchungshaft (de) f
• Hungarian: őrizet (hu), előzetes letartóztatás

• Korean: 拘留 (ko) (こうりゅう, kōryū)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: varetekt (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: varetekt f

• Romanian: reținere (ro) f, arest (ro) n
• Russian: заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije), содержа́ние под стра́жей n (soderžánije pod strážej)
• Turkish: gözaltı (tr), gözaltına alınmak, alıkonma

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} رِعَايَة‎ f (riʿāya)
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} custódia (pt) f

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} custodia (es) f, ^{(please verify)} tutela (es) f

Further reading

• custody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• custody in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• custody at OneLook Dictionary Search

External links

• Custódia [1], Priberam Dictionary]