What does "custody" mean?
Custody: Judicial or penal safe-keeping. Jailer, take him to thy custody. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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