custody

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

4. (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.

   The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.

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)
• Azerbaijani: böyüklük (of a child)
• Bulgarian: опека (bg) f (opeka)
• Catalan: custòdia (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: hoederecht (nl) n
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

• Bulgarian: съхранение (bg) n (sǎhranenie)
• Chinese:

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

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: păstrare (ro) f
• Russian: хране́ние (ru) n (xranénije)
• Turkish: , emanet (tr), inam (tr) (archaic), vedia (tr)

state of being imprisoned or detained

• Bulgarian: арест (bg) m (arest)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 監禁／监禁 (zh) (jiānjìn), 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

Franciscan administrative unit

• Catalan: custòdia (ca) f
• Czech: kustodie f
• French: custodie (fr) f
• German: Kustodie f
• Hebrew: משמורת f
• Hungarian: kusztódia
• Italian: custodia (it) f
• Latin: custodia f
• Polish: kustodia (pl) f
• Portuguese: custódia (pt) f
• Russian: кустодия (ru) f (kustodija)
• Spanish: custodia (es) f
• Ukrainian: кустодія f (kustodija)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} رِعَايَة f (riʕāya)
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} custódia (pt) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} custodia (es) f, ^{(please verify)} tutela (es) f

Further reading

• “custody”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “custody”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “custody”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

External links

• Custódia [1], Priberam Dictionary]