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Entitlement to the supervision, guardianship, or custodianship of an individuals...
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A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
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State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
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The legal right and responsibility to raise a minor child and to make decisions in their interest
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The safekeeping (and often settlement) of investments introduced as a category of investment business under the Financial Services Act 1986 in June 1997.
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A custodian is an entity, often a bank, that safekeeps and administers securities for its customers and that may provide various other services, including clearance and settlement, cash management, foreign exchange and securities lending.
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The holding of securities in safekeeping for client(s), often across borders, to maximise investment returns, tax efficiency, security or liquidity.
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Maintaining possession of documents on behalf of another party or the bank. The bank is entrusted with maintaining proper administration of documents and accounting for all items in its possession.
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To have custody of a prisoner, a State must hold that person in one of its facilities. A State may have custody of a prisoner over whom another State maintains jurisdiction.
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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"
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holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody"
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prison (defendant/accused may be "remanded in custody" meaning returned to prison).
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