English-Portuguese translations for custody

• custódia
  No é uma audiço para decidir a questo da custódia das crianças. It is not a custody hearing on children.
  Algumas refugiadas terão dado à luz sob custódia ou na prisão. In fact, some refugees gave birth while in custody or in prison.
  Precisamos que entre os Estados-membros haja reconhecimento das ordens dadas em cada um deles relativas à custódia de crianças.We need recognition between Member States of custody orders given in each country.
• guarda
  O conceito de guarda deve ser definido com clareza. The concept of custody must be clearly defined.
  Exemplos disso são as questões ligadas à guarda dos filhos, à pensão de alimentos e a outras questões afins. Examples are custody matters, alimony and all such issues that are connected in this case too.
  A questão da guarda de menores nem sempre é uma questão inequívoca, quando os pais biológicos não são capazes de assumir essa responsabilidade. The custody of minors is not always a straightforward matter if the biological parents are unable to take charge themselves.

Definition of custody

• The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children
• Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property
• The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial
• An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor

Examples

• The court awarded custody to the childs father.
• I couldnt pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
• He was mistreated while in police custody.
• The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.

Related words

• subcustody
• take into custody
• put under custody
• shared custody
• joint custody
• taking into custody
• securities custody
• sole custody
• maternal custody