Custody

  • 51custody of the law — A lawful seizure and holding of property by an officer of the law acting pursuant to a lawful writ or process. Buck v Colbath (US) 3 Wall 334, 18 L Ed 257; 46 Am J1st Replev § 37. The custody of a depository of property delivered to it pursuant… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 52custody battle — noun litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couple • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑litigation, ↑judicial proceeding …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 53custody case — noun a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legal action, ↑action, ↑action at law …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 54custody — noun (plural dies) Etymology: Middle English custodie, from Latin custodia guarding, from custod , custos guardian Date: 15th century immediate charge and control (as over a ward or a suspect) exercised by a person or an authority; also… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 55custody — noun /ˈkʌstədiː/ Possession of something or someone. See Also: custodial, custodian …

    Wiktionary

  • 56Custody — Verwahrung, beinhaltet die Verwahrung von ⇡ Wertpapieren. I.d.R. wird dies durch eine spezielle Institution (Wertpapiersammelbank, z.B. ⇡ Clearstream) in Verbindung mit der Verwaltung der Wertpapiere vorgenommen. Dazu gehören u.a.… …

    Lexikon der Economics

  • 57custody — cus·to·dy || kÊŒstÉ™dɪ n. detention, confinement; supervision; guardianship …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58custody — [ kʌstədi] noun 1》 the protective care or guardianship of someone or something.     ↘Law parental responsibility, especially as allocated to one of two divorcing parents. 2》 imprisonment. Derivatives custodial kʌ stəʊdɪəl adjective Origin ME:… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 59custody — n. 1. Keeping, care, watch, guardianship, protection, safe keeping. 2. Confinement, imprisonment, prison, durance, duress …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 60Custody — subsection of a province within the Franciscan order …

    Medieval glossary