different between custody vs indictment

English

Etymology

From Latin custodia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custos (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?st?di?/ (Estuary English)
• Homophone: custardy (in some dialects)

Noun

custody (usually uncountable, plural custodies)

1. The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.

   The court awarded custody to the child's father.

2. Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.

   I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.

3. The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

   He was mistreated while in police custody.

4. (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.

   The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.

Derived terms

Related terms

• custodial
• custodian

Translations

Further reading

• custody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• custody in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• custody at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• Custódia [1], Priberam Dictionary]

English

Alternative forms

• endictment

Etymology

18th-century Latinized respelling of Middle English endytement (“action of accusing”), from Anglo-Norman enditement, from enditer, from Late Latin indict?re, from Latin indictus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?da?t.m?nt/

Noun

indictment (countable and uncountable, plural indictments)

1. (law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury. [from 14th c.]
2. (law) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]
3. (countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation. [from 19th c.]
4. Evidence of failure or poor performance.

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See also

• grand jury
• plea, pleading

References

• indictment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia