custodial
/kʌˈstəʊdiəl
/adjective
1Relating to or requiring imprisonment: a light custodial sentence...
- A nineteen year-old has been given a six-month custodial sentence for using his camera phone to take pictures in court.
- She said it wouldn't be appropriate to mete out a long custodial sentence even if the suspect is convicted.
- It is not always clear whether changing legal and custodial practices brought about changes in attitudes towards debtors and towards consumer debt, or the other way round.
2 Law Relating to or having parental responsibility, especially as allocated as part of a divorce: the request by a custodial parent to relocate...
- For qualifying people, Medicaid covers custodial care in a nursing home in all states.
- They recently opened up a custodial account for their 13-year-old daughter.
- Of the 13.4 million custodial parents, about 8 million (60 percent) have a support agreement or award for their children.
Rhymes
- tray-top
- TRC
- treacherous
- treacherously
- treacherousness
- treachery
- treacle
- treacle tart
- treacly
- tread
- tread board
- treaded
- treader
- treadle
- treadmill
- tread on air
- tread (or step) on someone's toes
- tread (or walk) the boards
- tread the boards (or stage)
- tread water
- treadwheel
- treas.
- treason
- treasonable
- treasonably