noun
1 legal right/duty to take care of sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ child
▪
a bitter child ~ dispute
▪ joint , sole
▪ full
▪ legal
▪ physical ( AmE )
▪ safe
▪
If valuables are placed in the safe, the hotel is responsible for their safe ~.
VERB + CUSTODY
▪ ask for , claim , demand , fight for , seek , want
▪ award sb , give sb , grant sb
▪
The parents were given joint ~ of the two children.
▪ gain , get , win
▪ take ( AmE )
▪ regain
▪ have
▪ share
▪ lose
CUSTODY + NOUN
▪ battle , dispute
▪ arrangement
▪ case , hearing
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
2 being guarded/kept in prison
ADJECTIVE
▪ military , police
▪
The man died while in police ~.
▪ protective
▪
The opposition leader has been taken into protective ~.
▪ federal , state ( both in the US )
VERB + CUSTODY
▪ be remanded in ( BrE ), be taken into
▪
A man has been remanded in ~ charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl.
▪ be held in , be kept in
▪ escape from
▪ be released from
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
She will remain in ~ while reports are prepared about her mental condition.
▪ under ~ ( AmE )
▪
They did not have enough evidence to place her under ~.
▪
The children were under protective ~.
▪ out of ~
▪
They try to keep young people out of ~.