Legal Definition and Related Resources of Custody

The care and keeping of anything; safekeeping, protection, charge , care, guardianship. imprisonment , as in the words to be in custody. A restraint on one’s liberty . Ordinarily, the status of custody presupposes an arrest for a particular charge and advice by the arresting officer of his intention to arrest, of cause of arrest and of his authority to make same and, normally, a subsequent complaint stating the charge against the arrested person . See People v Manis, 74 Cal. Rptr. 423, 268 C.A.2d653. For purposes of Miranda rights custody means that a suspect is deprived of his freedom of movement. For habeas corpus proceedings, besides physical imprisonment, there are other restraints, remands, liberty, restraints not shared by public generally, which have been thought sufficient to support issue of habeas corpus. U.S. Ex. Rel. Schonblun v Commanding Officer, Armed Forces, (C.A.N.Y.) 403 F.2d371. In relation to children, a custody of child relates to care and keeping and embraces some of the parental rights with respect to rearing of a child. It includes the right to child’s services and earnings and right to direct child’s activities and make decisions regarding child’s care and control , education, health and religion . Trompeter v Trompeter, 545 P.2d 297, 218 Kan. 535.

The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority. 3 Chit. Prac. 355. The care and possession of a thing.

The right formerly granted by a court for one parent (or both) to make major decisions for a child, such as education. Custody orders predate the Children Act and are no longer made.

Authority by a person or guardian embodying all of the rights and responsibilities.

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(Incarceration), noun

• arrest
• arrestment
• bondage
• bounds
• captivity
• circumscription
• commitment
• confinement
• constraint
• detention
• durance
• enthrallment
• fetter
• holding
• immuration
• immurement
• impoundment
• imprisonment
• limitation
• restraint
• restriction
• safekeeping
• thralldom
• Associated Concepts: arrest
• bail
• constructive custody
• hold in custody
• parole
• probation foreign phrases: Fortiorest custodia legis quam hominis
• The custody of the law is stronger than that of man
• In custodia legis
• In the custody of the law

(Supervision), noun

• act of protecting
• administration
• aegis
• auspices
• career
• care
• charge
• control
• custodia
• custodianship
• direction
• guardianship
• guidance
• jurisdiction
• keeping
• management
• preservation
• preservation from harm
• preservation from injury
• protection
• regulation
• safeguard
• safekeeping
• stewardship
• superintendence
• trusteeship
• wardship
• watch
• Associated Concepts: custody and control
• custody decree
• custody of children
• custody of property
• custody order
• custody proceeding
• guardianship

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Custody in Historical Law

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Translate Custody (Child) from English to Spanish

Translation of Custody (Child), with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Patria potestad and other legal terms is available here.

• Patria potestad
• Legal English Translation

Translate Custody (Legal) from English to Spanish

Translation of Custody (Legal), with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Patria potestad legal and other legal terms is available here.

• Patria potestad legal
• Legal English Translation

Translate In Custody from English to Spanish

Translation of In Custody, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Encarcelado and other legal terms is available here.

• Encarcelado
• A disposición judicial
• Legal English Translation

Translate Protective Custody from English to Spanish

Translation of Protective Custody , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Custodia precautoria and other legal terms is available here.

• Custodia precautoria
• Legal English Translation

Translate Regular Custody from English to Spanish

Translation of Regular Custody , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Patria potestad tuitiva (D&J) and other legal terms is available here.

• Patria potestad tuitiva (D&J)
• Legal English Translation

Translate Remand Into Custody from English to Spanish

Translation of Remand Into Custody , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Reencarcelar a una persona and other legal terms is available here.

• Reencarcelar a una persona
• Mantener bajo custodia
• Consignar a la cárcel
• Legal English Translation

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English Spanish Translation of Custody

Custodia

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Custody in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of custody.

Meaning of Custody in Spanish

Description/ translation of custody into Spanish: privación de libertad, pena privativa de libertad; commitment to custody: orden de ingreso en prisión; custody officer: funcionario jefe de una comisaría de policía (que determina las actuaciones y trámites a seguir para cada persona detenida); remand in custody: decretar prisión provisional (del encausado que ya está detenido); defendant in custody: procesado preso, privado de libertad; custodial sentence: pena privativa de libertad[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where custody belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Custody published by Antonio Peñaranda

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• custody in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• custody in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Custody plus order in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of custody plus order.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• custody plus order in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• custody plus order in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Custody

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Custody :

1. Imprisonment or confinement. The current policy behind the use of custody was established in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and has been consolidated by the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. There is a twin-track approach, under which long custodial sentences will be levied on very serious crimes, particularly those of violence, but custody may be replaced with “community penalties” (punishment in the community, e.g. reparation in the community) for the less serious ones. The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 establishes a framework for custodial sentencing that reflects this proportionality principle and includes a policy of reducing prison for non-serious offences. To this end, Section 79 of the Act introduces a “custody threshold” that has to be surmounted before any court can impose a custodial sentence, and section 80 imposes limits on the length of any custodial sentence given

2. (in family law) Formerly, the bundle of rights and responsibilities that parents (and sometimes others) had in relation to a child. “Custody”, which featured in various statutes, has now been replaced by the concept of *parental responsibility introduced by the Children Act 1989.

custody: Vocabulary part of speech

(in) custody (noun)

Meaning of this part of speech

under police control

custody in an Example Sentence

You will be happy to know that we have taken the kidnapper into custody.

Definition of Custody

In family law the right to govern the day-to-day life of a child.

Meaning of Custody in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Custody published by the National Association for Court Management: Detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his or her appearance to any hearing; the jailing or imprisonment of a person convicted of a crime.

Concept of Custody in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Custody: The care and keeping of property (real or personal). For example: An escrow agent has custody of documents and funds until closing.

Concept of Custody in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Custody: The care and keeping of property (real or personal). For example: An escrow agent has custody of documents and funds until closing.