Lat. A custodian, guard, keeper, or warden; a magistrate. Custos brevium. The keeper of the writs. A principal clerk belonging to the courts of queen's bench and common pleas, whose office it was to keep the writs returnable into those courts. The office was abolished by 1 Wm. IV. c 5. Custos ferarum. A gamekeeper. Townsh. PI. 265. Castes horrci regit Protector of the royal … [Read more...]

Under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the person who manages the property of a minor child until the child reaches the age of the majority, which is usually 21. … [Read more...]

Latin meaning A guardian of morals. … [Read more...]

(A) The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority. To be in custody, is to be lawfully detained under arrest. In another sense, custody signifies having the care and possession of a thing; as, the chancellor is entitled to the custody as the keeper of the seal. (B) To have custody or possession of an item or personal property. (C) Family Law. Legal Custody is the … [Read more...]

(Latin: Ancient or great duties.) The duties on wool, sheepskin, or woolpelts and leather exported were so called, and were payable by every merchant, stranger as well as native, with the exception that merchant strangers paid one-half as much again as natives. 1 Bl. Comm. 314. … [Read more...]