legal custody

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandcustody

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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custody
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkʌs.tə.di/us
/ˈkʌs.tə.di/
the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated ...
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(Definition oflegalandcustodyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The simple, uniform divorce agreement form used by parties in the rabbinical courts contributes to the relative lack of detailedlegalcustodyand visitation arrangements.
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If a man is inlegalcustodythere can be no conceivable difficulty in producing him for trial.
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Surely, it cannot be necessary in the case of a man who is inlegalcustody.
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Does that mean factual, rather thanlegalcustodyor care?
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It did not strike me thatlegalcustodywas required in that case.
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It seems to me a pity that no distinction is drawn between detention inlegalcustody, and penal servitude, or imprisonment.
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There are also several circumstances in which both parents may be deprived of thelegalcustodyof the child.
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The term has been coined to distinguish such orders from the transferring oflegalcustodyto one parent to the exclusion of the other.
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Clause 47(8) says that the resolution ceases to have an effect and therefore the parents become entitled tolegalcustody.
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All such people are, surely, inlegalcustody.
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Legalcustodyinvolves many forms of detention and escape from it may mean escape by order of a court.
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They replace the present orders for custody,legalcustody, care and control and access that are on the statute book.
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When the orders are introduced, people who have been caring for children will be able to apply to the courts forlegalcustody.
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Custodian-ship orders will enable relatives or foster parents to obtainlegalcustodyof a child.
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A custodianship order will vest thelegalcustodyof a child in the persons caring for him on a long-term basis.
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In addition, the law giveslegalcustodyof children exclusively to fathers and grandfathers.
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He will see the alternative is not a logical alternative: it is, if the accused fails to attend—or is inlegalcustody.
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The clause, therefore, provides a very limited and circumscribed power for the police to hold someone inlegalcustodyand to question him.
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It seems right, too, that he should be able to apply, if necessary, forlegalcustodyor for access.
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