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custody

The state of being held in confinement by the police or prison authorities. Following an arrest, a person may either be kept in custody or released on bail.
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A LAWYER in whom an instinct of justice had survived the wreck of his ignorance of law was retained for the defence of a burglar whom the police had taken after a desperate struggle with someone not in custody.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
After remaining at and about the spot for some time, with aimless irresolution, the three men returned to Leamington, told their astonishing story and were afterward taken into custody.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Under the Young Girl's blighting reign--or rather under the rule of those false Ministers of the Censure who have appointed themselves to the custody of her welfare--love
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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