Custody vs. Detention — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Custody and Detention
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Custody
The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court
An adult who was given custody of the child.
Detention
The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
The fifteen people arrested were still in police detention
Custody
The state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the police
Took the robbery suspect into custody.
Detention
The act of detaining.
Custody
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
The court awarded custody to the child's father.
The mother gained custody of the children.
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Detention
A period of temporary custody while awaiting trial.
Custody
Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
Detention
A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
Custody
The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
He was mistreated while in police custody.
Detention
A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours.
Custody
(Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.
Detention
(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
Custody
A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas.
Detention
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
Custody
Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
Jailer, take him to thy custody.
Detention
(law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
Custody
State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
What pease will be givenTo us enslaved, but custody severe,And stripes and arbitrary punishment?
Detention
(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.
Be stuck in detention
Custody
A state of being confined (usually for a short time);
His detention was politically motivated
The prisoner is on hold
He is in the custody of police
Detention
(civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
Custody
Holding by the police;
The suspect is in custody
Detention
The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Custody
(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child;
My fate is in your hands
Too much power in the president's hands
Your guests are now in my custody
The mother was awarded custody of the children
Detention
The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Detention
Confinement; restraint; custody.
The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court.
Detention
A state of being confined (usually for a short time);
His detention was politically motivated
The prisoner is on hold
He is in the custody of police
Detention
A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home;
The detention of tardy pupils
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