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custody
(redirected from custodial)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
in custody (of someone or something) and in someone's or something's custody
being kept guarded by legal authorities. The suspect was in the sheriff's custody awaiting a trial. The prisoner is in the custody of the state. The police have two suspects in custody.

remand someone (in)to the custody of someone and remand someone over to someone

to order someone placed into the custody of someone. The court remanded the prisoner into the custody of the sheriff. The judge remanded Mary to the custody of the sheriff. The judge remanded Gerald over to his father.


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Investigators assigned to conduct criminal investigations and custodial interrogations have the common goal of uncovering the truth.
I shared the library late shift with custodial workers who routinely passed by me picking up trash, sweeping, and vacuuming.
These exceptions were designed to allow banks to continue to execute securities transactions in connection with their normal trust, fiduciary, custodial, and other specified banking activities.
 
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