transcription, транскрипция: [ kʌstədi ]
1.
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...
Child custody is normally granted to the mother.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n
2.
Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.
Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in custody...
She was taken into custody later that day.
PHRASE : PHR after v
3.
If someone is being held in a particular type of custody , they are being kept in a place that is similar to a prison.
Barrett was taken into protective custody.
N-UNCOUNT : usu with supp