Definition of Custodial

1. Adjective. Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding. "Tutelary gods"

Exact synonyms: Tutelar, Tutelary
Similar to: Protective
Derivative terms: Custodian, Custody

Definition of Custodial

1. a. Relating to custody or guardianship.

Definition of Custodial

1. Adjective. Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding ¹

2. Adjective. Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child ¹

3. Adjective. Providing punishment by incarceration ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Custodial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Custodial

custard-apple family
custard apple
custard apple tree
custard apples
custard cream
custard pie
custardlike
custards
custardy
custock
custocks
custode
custodes
custodes regni
custodia
custodial (current term)
custodial account
custodial care
custodian
custodians
custodianship
custodianships
custodier
custodiers
custodies
custody
custody battle
custody case
custom
custom-built

Literary usage of Custodial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Police Abuse and Killings of Street Children in India by Arvind Ganesan, Patricia Gossman (1996)
"custodial violence occurs because successive state and national governments ... custodial abuse of street children is only part of the larger problem of ..."

2. Protecting the Privacy of Student Records: Guidelines for Education Agencies by Dona Cheung, Barbara Clements, Ellen Pechman (1997)
"Does the non-custodial parent have the right to be informed of and to attend ... Must the school notify the non-custodial parent of his/her FERPA rights? ..."

3. Modern Capital of Human Rights?: Abuses in the State of Georgia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"Neither the Cason lawsuit nor our investigation has systematically examined the problem of custodial sexual abuse in Georgia jails. Jail abuses occurring on ..."

4. Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the by National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Session (1908)
"custodial CAEE BY ALEXANDER JOHNSON, SECRETARY NATIONAL CONFERENCE OP CHARITIES AND CORRECTION The custodial care of defectives can be looked at from ..."

5. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"Necessity of providing custodial care for pauper imbeciles and Idiots. (Govs. mess. ... Urging establishment of institution for custodial care of idiots. ..."

6. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"Stereotypes also impede collaboration between custodial and mental health staff. ... Mental Health Training for custodial Staff Correctional and mental ..."

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