custodial
adjective
cus·to·di·al
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Definition of custodial
1a
: relating to guardianship
b
: 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
Examples of custodial in a Sentence
Her mother is the custodial parent.
Recent Examples on the Web
The non-custodial father of King Eacho, Jimmy Ramone Eacho, 30, has been taken into custody, police say. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, "Cleveland police find missing 3-month-old baby; 12-year-old girl reported missing," 22 Aug. 2019 The maintenance and custodial crew for the school district are cleaning up, according to school officials. — Tyler Johnson, Houston Chronicle, "Fire at Pearland elementary won’t affect start of classes," 8 Aug. 2019 An Endangered Child Alert was issued by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, who suspect the three children may be with their non-custodial parents. — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, "3 Kids Allegedly Abducted From Tennessee May Be Headed to Minnesota, Police Say," 10 July 2019 Father Joe’s also offers classes in custodial work, dish-washing, security, bike repair, home health care aid, property management, prep cooking and heating, ventilation and air conditioning maintenance. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Jobs program growing with hydroponics at Father Joe’s," 27 Aug. 2019 Perez’s apparent suicide marks the seventh custodial death for the year at the Bexar County Jail and the second in the past nine days. — Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, "Man accused of killing wife dies in apparent suicide in jail," 6 Aug. 2019 Hello everyone, As always, some custodial stuff first. • Robbie Koenig is our most recent podcast guest. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Mailbag: In Defense of the WTA's Age Eligibility Rule," 31 July 2019 Later in the fall, a full-time spot became available on the custodial staff at Williamson. — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, "No publicity stunt: Williamson’s new female football coach has respect of staff, players, city," 13 Aug. 2019 Childless adults who can’t or don’t find work would still be out of luck; even some adults with children would be excluded, as eligibility for the credit would be based on claiming a child as a dependent, which some non-custodial parents cannot do. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "Parenting can be a full-time job. Activists want the tax code to treat it that way.," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'custodial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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custodial
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of custodial
law
: having the responsibility for taking care of a child : having custody of a child
US
: relating to the care of a building, equipment, or land
British, law
: involving punishment that requires a criminal to spend time in a prison
See the full definition for custodial in the English Language Learners Dictionary
custodial
adjective
cus·to·di·al
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Medical Definition of custodial
1
: 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
custodial
adjective
cus·to·di·al
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Legal 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