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noun legal right/duty to take care of sb/sth ADJ. child a bitter child custody dispute | joint, sole | safe If valuables are placed in the safe, the hotel is responsible for their safe custody. VERB + CUSTODY ask for, claim, demand, fight for, seek | award sb, give sb, grant sb The parents were given joint custody of the two children. | gain, get | have CUSTODY + NOUN battle, dispute | hearing PREP. ~ of being guarded/kept in prison ADJ. military, police The man died while in police custody. | protective The opposition leader has been taken into protective custody. VERB + CUSTODY be remanded in, be taken into A man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl. | be held in, be kept in, be/remain in | escape from | be released from PREP. in ~ She will remain in custody while reports are prepared about her mental condition. | out of ~ trying to keep young people out of custody
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custody
verbs
have custody of somebody
• Anna has custody of their six-year-old daughter.
get custody
• She was determined to prevent Mike getting custody of Adam.
seek custody
formal (= try to get custody )
• Allen is seeking custody of his two children.
be given/awarded custody
(= be legally allowed to have it )
• The court will decide who will be given custody.
win custody
(= be given custody )
• Their mother is likely to win custody.
claim custody
formal (= say that you want to have it )
• Henry has claimed custody of his son.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + custody
joint custody
(= both parents have it )
• After the breakup, the parents were awarded joint custody.
sole custody
(= only one parent has it )
• The mother got sole custody because of the father's violence.
child custody
• Matters of child custody are dealt with by the courts.
custody + NOUN
a custody battle/dispute
(= a legal argument about who will have custody )
• He is fighting a bitter custody battle for his children.
custody 2
verbs
be held/kept in custody
• The men have been held in custody since they were arrested.
be remanded in custody
British English (= be kept in prison until you go to court )
• Davis has been remanded in custody on a burglary charge.
take somebody into custody
• Three armed FBI agents took Coleman into custody.
place somebody in custody
( also put somebody into custody )
• Few young people are placed in custody.
remain in custody
• The judge ruled that Marsh should remain in custody until his sentence.
be released from custody
• Seventy-five percent of young people released from custody re-offend within two years.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + custody
police/military custody
• There have been several cases in which people have died in police custody.
protective custody
(= custody that is meant to keep someone safe )
• The rebel leader has been placed in protective custody.
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