English-Thai Dictionary

custody

N การ คุ้มครอง  การปกป้อง  protection guardianship care kan-kum-krong

 

custody

N สิทธิ ใน การ ดูแล เด็ก  การ อารักขา  sid-ti-nai-kan-du-lae-dek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUSTODY

n.[L., a watchman, a keeper. See Chaste. ] 1. A keeping; a guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation or security.
Under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle. Numbers 3:36.
The prisoner was committed to the custody of the sheriff.
2. Imprisonment; confinement; restraint of liberty.
3. Defense from a foe; preservation; security.
There was prepared a fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CUSTODY

Cus "to *dy (ks "t-d ), n. Etym: [L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. hide. Seee Hide to cover. ]

 

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

 

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

 

3. 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 Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

custody

cus to dy |ˈkəstədē ˈkəstədi | ▶noun the protective care or guardianship of someone or something: the property was placed in the custody of a trustee. • imprisonment: my father was being taken into custody . • Law parental responsibility, esp. as allocated to one of two divorcing parents: he was trying to get custody of their child. DERIVATIVES cus to di al |ˌkəˈstōdēəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin custodia, from custos ‘guardian. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

custody

custody |ˈkʌstədi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the protective care or guardianship of someone or something: the property was placed in the custody of a trustee. • Law parental responsibility, especially as allocated to one of two divorcing parents: he was trying to get custody of their child. 2 imprisonment: my father was being taken into custody . DERIVATIVES custodial |kʌˈstəʊdɪəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin custodia, from custos ‘guardian ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

custody

custody noun the parent who has custody of the child: care, guardianship, charge, keeping, safekeeping, wardship, responsibility, protection, tutelage; custodianship, trusteeship. PHRASES in custody the carjacker is in custody: in prison, in jail, imprisoned, incarcerated, locked up, under lock and key, interned, detained; on remand; informal behind bars, doing time, inside.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

custody

custody noun 1 the parent who has custody of the child | the property was placed in the custody of a trustee: care, guardianship, charge, keeping, safe keeping, wardship, ward, responsibility, protection, guidance, tutelage; custodianship, trusteeship, trust, keep, possession, hands; supervision, superintendence, surveillance, control, aegis, auspices; Law escrow. 2 he has been in custody for 12 months: imprisonment, detention, confinement, incarceration, internment, captivity; remand; archaic duress, durance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

custody

cus to dy /kʌ́stədi /〖語源は 「見張ること 」〗名詞 U 1 a. 【特に子供に対する 】(法廷が定める )保護 , 後見 ; 保護監督権 «of » (!主に離婚後にどちらか一方の親に与えられる法的権利 ) ▸ The mother has custody of her child .母親が子供の保護監督権を有している ▸ a custody battle 親権争い b. ｟かたく ｠(一般に )保護 , 管理 , 世話 ; 監禁 ▸ The jewelry was in the custody of the police .その宝石は警察で保管されていた 2 (容疑者の )拘置 , 拘留 , 留置 (!法廷で裁かれるまで留置しておくこと ) ▸ The suspects are now in custody .容疑者たちは現在拘置中である ▸ He was taken into custody on suspicion of terrorist acts .彼はテロ行為に関する容疑で逮捕 [拘留 ]された