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Custody is the detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his or her appearance to any hearing in [[court]]; the [[jail]]ing or [[imprisonment]] of a person convicted of a [[crime]]. [[category:legal terms]]

Custody is the possession of something or someone. It may be used to describe the detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his or her appearance to any hearing in court and the jailing or imprisonment of a person convicted of a crime. It is also used to decsribe the legal and physical posession of a child in matrimonial and family law.

 

 

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