Custody
Custody (k?s"t?-d?) , noun
[Latin custodia, from custos guard; prob. akin to Greek {not transcribed} to hide, and English hide. Seee Hide to cover.]
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.
2.
Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
Jailer, take him to thy custody.
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?