Custody
Pronunciation : Cus"to*dy (ks"t-d)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. hide. Seee Hide to cover.]
Definition : 1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. Bacon.
2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping. Jailer, take him to thy custody. Shak.
3. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913