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custody
(redirected from custodies)

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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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The home brewing outfit is exactly a guide because the rest of the Forge is completely in the custodies of the brewers.
The home brewing kit is hardly a guide because the rest of the Form is whole in the custodies of the brewers.
According to a private TV channel report Law enforcement agencies initiated search operation against suspected persons in different areas of FR Lucky and detained fifty suspects and recovered weapons and explosives from the custodies of the detainees.
 
 
 
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