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Definition of custodial
1a : relating to guardianshipb : relating to, providing, or being protective care or services for basic needs nursing and custodial care
2 : having sole or primary custody of a child the custodial parent
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Examples of custodial in a Sentence
Her mother is the custodial parent.
Recent Examples of custodial from the Web
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At SEC Media Days, Sumlin was asked about his reaction to his boss’s comments by just about every person in Hoover other than custodial staff.
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Pasztor took her children from their custodial grandparents’ Fort Wayne home in September 2016, prompting an Amber Alert.
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Employees who might benefit from the increase include police, custodial workers, lifeguards at city pools and fire and EMS cadets.
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According to a complaint filed in Macon County District Court on June 14, 50-year-old Andrew Dixon was charged with four counts of custodial sexual abuse for allegedly having sexual contact with the women.
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The reported parents, Nicholios Nealy and Octavia Jackson, remained jailed in Arizona, and face felony charges including custodial interference and perjury.
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June 1 indictments charge 33-year-old Octavia Jackson and 37-year-old Nicholios Nealy of Fort Mohave with custodial interference and Jackson with perjury and unsworn falsification.
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The school also plans to outsource its custodial services.
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A handful of special handling deputies drifted from their custodial duties, over a period of years, into investigating crimes… This drift does not constitute an OCSD jailhouse informant program.
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First Known Use of custodial
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CUSTODIAL Defined for English Language Learners
custodial
playDefinition of custodial for English Language Learners
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law : having the responsibility for taking care of a child : having custody of a child
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: relating to the care of a building, equipment, or land
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law : involving punishment that requires a criminal to spend time in a prison
Medical Dictionary
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custodial
playLegal Definition of custodial
1 : occurring during or in connection with custody a custodial interrogation
2 : having sole custody or custody a greater portion of the time a custodial parent
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