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Nathan mckane Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

In my custody.

Hello dear teachers and friends!

This is a sentence made by my teacher:

I can have him released in my custody.

She said by ''in my custody'' she meant '' in my responsiblity''.

Does this sentence make sense at all?

I already checked the word custody in several different dictionaries and I couldn't find it used in a sentence like above.

Thanks very much in advance.
  

Top answer

" Yes, it's used that way. For example, a teenager who is caught breaking the law with a minor offense may be released into her parents' custody, but yes, they are responsible for her behavior until she has her trial.

— BarbaraPA

  • " Yes, it's used that way.
  • For example, a teenager who is caught breaking the law with a minor offense may be released into her parents' custody, but yes, they are responsible for her behavior until she has her trial.
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I think I hear "into my custody."

Yes, it's used that way. For example, a teenager who is caught breaking the law with a minor offense may be released into her parents' custody, but yes, they are responsible for her behavior until she has her trial.
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custody: immediate charge and control (as over a ward or a suspect) exercised by a person or an authority; also : safekeeping (www.m-w.com)

... to be in custody. / is in custody / was in custody / ...

... taken into custody.
... released into custody.

in/into --

-- protective custody.
-- federal custody.
-- police custody.

-- parental cus
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