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atch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. Bacon.

The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant. William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.

A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity…

earing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W.

An usher in the legislature of British colonies. Cowell. Committed to the custody of the Black Rod. Macaulay.

ouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.

A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.

Relating to custody or guardianship.

One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

To lodge in some one's hands for sale keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

To hold or keep in custody.

A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Confinement; restraint; custody. The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court. Hallam.

Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. "Durance vile." Burns. In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope.

Releasing from slavery or custody. Shak.

The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.

A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

on without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. -- False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. -- False key, a picklock. -- False leg. (Zoöl.) See Proleg. -- False membrane (M…