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custody
  1. The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
  2. Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
  3. The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “In each of those cases, the witness had legal custody of the documents he was required to produce.”
      “The three were taken into custody in connection with alleged plans to attack the US embassy in Paris.”
      “The wardens of some of the police court prisons say they have more public spitters in their custody than any other class of offender.”
custodian
  1. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
  2. (US, Canada) a janitor; a cleaner
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The custodian does such admirable work, deftly wielding a broom to keep our hallways and sidewalks free of litter.”
      “The government is supposed to be a custodian of our rights, liberties, safety and welfare.”
      “As custodian of the prisoners, the jail authorities are bound to ensure their safety and protection.”
custodianship
  1. The office, or the duty of a custodian.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The whole heritage of the family that was under his custodianship has gone.”
      “So Pacific Islanders today are very alert to their ocean, and their ownership of that ocean, and their custodianship of that ocean.”
      “It is currently held as an asset under the custodianship of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo through the Kosovo Trust Agency.”
custodee
  1. One who is given custody of something.
custode
  1. (obsolete) A custodian.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Christina Custode has a passion and heart for the music industry.”
custodier
  1. (Scotland) A custodian.
custos
  1. (obsolete) A warden.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The custos rotulorum also appointed the clerk of the peace, who advised the justices on legal matters beyond the scope of the quorum.”
      “The importance of the offices of lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum lay beyond the nature of their immediate functions.”
      “Cf. the commission to the rector of Aberford to be custos of kirklees about the same time.”
custodes
  1. plural of custode
  2. plural of custos
  3. Examples:
    1. “Therefore you are custodes utriusque tabul, and must bend the force of all your government to the saving of the people's souls.”
      “The Minister General and all the other ministers and custodes are bound in virtue of obedience not to add anything to these words or subtract from them.”
      “Apart from this, a second problem remains, a problem to which I referred at the start of the report with the Latin tag Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes, meaning But who will watch these watchmen?”
custodianships
custodians
  1. plural of custodian
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Women, it can rightly be said, are custodians of the social status that we all enjoy in that they play a major part in our upbringing.”
      “They earned their livings as mechanics, foundry workers, refrigerator repairmen, and custodians.”
      “What can parliamentarians do to regain respect with community as custodians of the public good?”
custodiers
  1. plural of custodier
custodees
  1. plural of custodee
custodies
  1. plural of custody
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Arrests and preventive custodies carried out at these matches amount to 466 and 577 respectively.”
      “On the long term, there is a slight upward trend, and the absolute number of custodies is clearly rising, but the trends vary by type of offence.”
      “There are two provinces, two custodies and one foundation in Peru.”
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