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1Custody suite — A custody suite is a designated area within a police station designed and adapted to process and detain those who have been arrested, or who are there for purposes such as answering bail. Historically, all police stations had a small number of… …
2custody — [[t]kʌ̱stədi[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N of n Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child s mother or father when they get divorced. I m going to go to court to get custody of the children...… …
3custody — noun (U) 1 the right to take care of a child, especially when the child s parents are legally separating from each other (+ of): In most divorce cases the mother is awarded custody of the children. | have custody: a dispute over who should have… …
4custody — 01. He is being held in police [custody] awaiting trial on a charge of murder. 02. The mother got full [custody] of her two children after her divorce. 03. It sure is cold in the building today. Could you please phone the [custodian], and ask him …
5custody — cus|to|dy [ˈkʌstədi] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: custodia guarding , from custos person who guards ] 1.) the right to take care of a child, given to one of their parents when they have ↑divorced custody of ▪ He got custody of his son …
6custody — The safekeeping (and often settlement) of investments introduced as a category of investment business under the Financial Services Act 1986 in June 1997. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary * * * custody cus‧to‧dy [ˈkʌstədi] noun… …
7custody — The care and control of a thing or person. The keeping, guarding, care, watch, inspection, preservation or security of a thing, carrying with it the idea of the thing being within the immediate personal care and control of the person to whose… …
8custody — The care and control of a thing or person. The keeping, guarding, care, watch, inspection, preservation or security of a thing, carrying with it the idea of the thing being within the immediate personal care and control of the person to whose… …
9custody — noun 1 legal right/duty to take care of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ child ▪ a bitter child custody dispute ▪ joint, sole ▪ full ▪ …
10Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility — On January 16, 2010, the United States Department of Defense complied with a court order and made public a heavily redacted list of the detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility.[1][2][3] Detainees started to be held in primitive,… …
