custody

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). Doublet of custode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌstədiː/ (Estuary English)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• 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.

   The mother gained custody of the children.

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

• chain of custody
• custodee
• data custody
• joint custody
• maternal custody
• paternal custody
• protective custody
• sole custody
• youth custody centre

 

Related terms

• custodial
• custodian

Translations

legal right to take care of something or somebody

• Arabic: حَبْس (ar) m (ḥabs)
• Azerbaijani: böyüklük (of a child)
• Belarusian: апе́ка f (apjéka)
• Bengali: হেফাজত (bn) (hephajot)
• Bulgarian: опе́ка (bg) f (opéka)
• Catalan: custòdia (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: forældremyndighed c
• Dutch: hoederecht (nl) n
• Finnish: huoltajuus (fi) (of a child)
• French: garde (fr) f
• German: Sorgerecht (de) n, Obhut (de) f
• Hindi: हिफ़ाज़त f (hifāzat), हिफाजत (hi) f (hiphājat)
• Hungarian: őrizet (hu), felügyelet (hu), (of children) (szülői) felügyeleti jog, gyermekelhelyezés
• Italian: affidamento (it) m
• Japanese: 養育権 (よういくけん, yōikuken)
• Korean: 양육권(養育權) (yang'yukgwon)
• Latin: custōdia f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omsorgsrett (no) m (of a child)

  Nynorsk: omsorgsrett m (of a child)

• Persian:

  Classical Persian: حِفَاظَت (hifāzat)

  Iranian Persian: حِفاظَت (hefâzat)

• Polish: opieka (pl) f
• 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
• Swedish: vårdnad (sv)
• Turkish: vesayet (tr), velayet (tr) (of a child), sorumluluk (tr)
• Ukrainian: опі́ка f (opíka)
• Urdu: حِفاظَت (ur) f (hifāzat)
• Zazaki: wesayet m, wesayet m, wesayet m

temporary possession

• Bulgarian: съхране́ние (bg) n (sǎhranénie)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: huosta, hallussapito (fi)
• French: détention (fr) f
• German: Verwahrung (de) f, Aufbewahrung (de) f
• Hindi: हिफ़ाज़त f (hifāzat), हिफाजत (hi) f (hiphājat), रक्षा (hi) f (rakṣā)
• Irish: cumhdach m
• Japanese: 保管 (ja) (ほかん, hokan), 預かり (あずかり, azukari)
• Korean: 보관(保管) (ko) (bogwan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: varetekt (no) m or f, forvaring (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: varetekt f, forvaring f

• Portuguese: custódia (pt) f
• Romanian: păstrare (ro) f
• Russian: хране́ние (ru) n (xranénije), сохране́ние (ru) n (soxranénije)
• Turkish: emanet (tr), inam (tr) (archaic), vedia (tr)
• Zazaki: emanet c

state of being imprisoned or detained

• Arabic: حِرَاسَة نَظَرِيَّة (ḥirāsa naẓariyya)
• Bengali: হেফাজত (bn) (hephajot)
• Bulgarian: аре́ст (bg) m (arést)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 監禁 / 监禁 (zh) (jiānjìn), 拘留 (zh) (jūliú)

• Czech: vazba (cs) f
• Danish: varetægt c
• Finnish: pidätys (fi)
• French: garde à vue (fr) f, détention (fr) f
• German: Haft (de) f, Untersuchungshaft (de) f
• Hungarian: őrizet (hu), előzetes letartóztatás
• Japanese: 拘留 (ja) (こうりゅう, kōryū)
• Korean: 구류(拘留) (ko) (guryu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: varetekt (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: varetekt f

• Portuguese: custódia (pt) f
• Romanian: reținere (ro) f, arest (ro) n
• Russian: заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije), аре́ст (ru) m (arést), содержа́ние под стра́жей n (soderžánije pod strážej)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: popajź f

• Swedish: förvar (sv) n
• 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: кусто́дия (ru) f (kustódija)
• Spanish: custodia (es) f
• Ukrainian: кусто́дія f (kustódija)
• Zazaki: kustudiya

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

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.
• Custódia Priberam Dictionary