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Mail :: Mail (v. t.) To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter..

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver..

Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.

Prison :: Prison (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody..

Exemplification :: Exemplification (n.) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

Custodial :: Custodial (a.) Relating to custody or guardianship.

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Prisoner :: Prisoner (n.) A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court..

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty..

Parole :: Parole (n.) Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like..

Keep :: Keep (n.) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

Safe-keeping :: Safe-keeping (n.) The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.

Escape :: Escape (n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody..

Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow..

Baston :: Baston (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..

Return :: Return (v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository..

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