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custody

Custody is the act of taking care of something or somebody as it relates to the law, usually children. The court gave custody to the childrens' father. Custody is the brief watching over or taking care of a persons' things. The bank has taken custody of the house while I finish paying the money owed on my loan. Custody is when someone is watched over or put in prison, usually while waiting for a trial Until the trial, the judge ordered the defendant to stay in police custody because of the risk of him running away.

custody

(= detention, hold) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) his detention was politically motivated the prisoner is on hold he is in the custody of police holding by the police the suspect is in custody (= hands) (with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child my fate is in your hands too much power in the president's hands your guests are now in my custody the mother was awarded custody of the children

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Simple sentences

The man was held in police custody.
He is in custody of his uncle.
Her husband also wanted custody of the children.
Anyone taken into police custody is entitled, among other things, to a free phone call.
Tom is now in police custody.
Tom has been taken into protective custody.
I think it's highly unlikely that Tom will get custody of the kids.
The suspect was taken into custody.
The police have one of the kidnappers in custody.
Tom lost custody of his children.
Tom wants full custody of the kids.
Tom was given full custody of the children.
Tom is trying to get custody of his sister's children.
We've got a suspect in custody.
He was taken into custody.
The police took Tom into custody.
The police have taken Tom into custody.
Tom was taken into custody.
Tom remains in custody.
Tom is being kept in custody.
She immediately took the boy into her custody.
Both of my brothers are in custody.

Movie subtitles

Hubert and Tristan, heads of the senior and junior branches fought over custody of the child.
And you'll find out soon enough who's entitled to the custody of the child.
A woman who leads the sort of life you do has no right to the custody of a minor child.
Furthermore, it is madame's wish that while half of the interest. shall be deposited as usual in madame's account, the other half, contrary to custom, shall be delivered in cash into madame's personal custody.
I place him in your custody for the time being.
We got a warrant to take you into custody.
In these custody cases, Mrs. Warriner. we often allow the final decision to rest with the party in question.
Custody of the dog will depend on his own desire.
Custody of the dog is awarded to Mrs. Warriner.
Is he in custody?
It gives Sargent temporary custody of a nameless boy, parents dead.
Within 24 hours, all known enemy agents and saboteurs were taken into custody with a few purposeful exceptions.
You can keep this young lady in custody.
I'll let you stay here under protective custody.
We're placing you under protective custody.
Bring Dr. Gilmore and the Zero-Zero cyborgs into our custody.
I release these boys into your custody. - Thank you, Your Honor.
Once it arrives it's technically in my custody.
And one month every year I win the custody of my wife's parents.
Good. ls he in custody?
You and Henry will need to mind the. dog - while Mr. Stoddard is in custody. - Sir, when will that be?
If you and your friend try to put up a fight for him. I'll take the case to court. And you'll find out soon enough who's entitled to the custody of the child.
I have a wire from New York authorities requesting us to hold you in custody pending the outcome of an investigation.
Of course, Mrs. Warren, the custody of the children is something we must discuss.
I'm gonna let you stay here under protective custody.
The Youth Custody Centre.
Until the Youth Custody Centre was bombed apart.
I'll pass Mrs. Sutton over to your custody, Doctor.

News and current affairs

Sometimes people who are taken into Uzbek custody are never heard from again.
Sabadet Totodet took the judge to a clearing on the outskirts of town where he was forced to dig graves for more than 500 fellow prisoners who died in custody.
Moreover, the post-WWII bodies were tribunals in which the war's victors judged the losers, and those prosecuted were already in custody.
If Golubchuk's children can convince the court that their father is not suffering, the court might reasonably order the hospital to grant them custody of their father.
These couples describe the difficulties created by the criminalization of their relationship, including extortion demands and the threat of loss of custody of a child from a previous relationship.
He had been in custody for seven years without a lawyer, and killed himself just two weeks after having finally been assigned one?
That message was confirmed on July 4, 2003, when American forces arrested several Turkish Special Forces troops in the town of Sulaimaniya, humiliating them by putting sacks over their head as they took them into custody.
The ICC has opened four active investigations, issued public charges against twelve people, and to date secured custody of four.
When I told them that I didn't know anything about this group, they warned that once I was back in their custody, they would make me cooperate.
He was beaten to death while in custody.
The younger brother, Chime Namgyal, 38, who is disabled, has been hospitalized since June 11 for serious injuries received whilst in custody.
One of the most emblematic decisions concerned the code of criminal procedure, with the Council repealing several articles concerning the legal custody of defendants inside police stations.
In late 2009, Zhao was officially arrested; he has been in police custody ever since.
The Bosnian Serbs - and their supporters in Serbia - seemed to be winning the war, while the UN made no provision for taking into custody those charged with ordering or carrying out atrocities.
As for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY eventually obtained custody of all whom it indicted, except those who died in the interim.
The first tranche of 26 prisoners - all of them tried and convicted by Israeli courts for their involvement in the killing of Israelis - were released from custody in July, ahead of the second round of talks.
A young man with a great deal of potentially compromising information died under suspicious circumstances in US custody.
As a result, these islands remain legally under the collective custody of the treaty's 48 other parties - including two claimants to the islands, the Philippines and Vietnam.
The best containment strategy is to put Taylor in the custody of the Special Court that indicted him in 2003 for war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the war in Sierra Leone.

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