Custodia
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from custos, a keeper or guardian; L. Fr. gard^ garde.] In old English law and practice. Keepin^r, custody. In arcta et salva custodia; m close and safe custody.
3 Bl. Com. 415.
Ward, or guard; the duty of keeping guard.
1 Bl. Com. 356.
Wardship or guardianship; {custodia pupillorum.) Peg. Orig. 161, et seq.
Spelman.
Bract, fol.
87. Co. Litt. 76 a.
Custodia comitatus; the wardship of a county.
3 Salk. 822.