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custody

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in custody (of someone or something)

 and in someone's or something's custody

being kept guarded by legal authorities. The suspect was in the sheriff's custody awaiting a trial. The prisoner is in the custody of the state. The police have two suspects in custody.

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remand someone (in)to the custody of someone

 and remand someone over to someone

to order someone placed into the custody of someone. The court remanded the prisoner into the custody of the sheriff. The judge remanded Mary to the custody of the sheriff. The judge remanded Gerald over to his father.

See also: custody, of