Custody

Definition

custody /'kʌstǝdi/ n [U] ၁။ ထိန္းသိမ္းေစာင့္ေရွာက္မႈ။ ထိန္းသိမ္း ေစာင့္ေရွာက္ခြင့္။ Leave one's valuables in safe custody (eg in a bank) ❍ When his parents died, he was placed in the custody of his aunt. ❍ The court gave the mother custody of the child (eg after a DIVORCE 1 ၁) ❍ parents involved in a battle over custody (ie disputing who should have the right to look after the children). ၂။ အခ်ဳပ္။ အခ်ဳပ္ခန္း။ The judge remanded him in custody for two weeks. ❍ be held in custody ❍ take sb into police custody (ie arrest them). ❏ custodial /kʌ'stǝƱdiǝl/ adj ယင္းႏွင့္ဆိုင္ေသာ။ The court imposed a short custodial sentence on him.

Examples

1. The parents have joint custody of their children (=both parents will look after the children).
2. The girl’s father was awarded sole custody.
3. [be in custody] : One of the men detained is still in custody.
4. [hold/keep someone in custody] : Suspects can be kept in police custody for up to 48 hours.
5. [take someone into custody] : The suspect had been taken into custody and was being questioned.
6. [be remanded in custody] : All five men were remanded in custody until Wednesday.
7. [in someone’s custody] : The files in question are in the custody of the FBI.