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the legal art of dividing a child like a museum splits an exhibit.
means The legal right or duty to care for and control someone or something, whether a child after a separation or a person held by the authorities.
from From Latin custodia, meaning guarding or keeping watch, built on custos, a guard or keeper. It entered English in the 15th century carrying that double weight it still has — both the tender keeping of something precious and the iron grip of confinement, as a custos could be a nurse or a jailer.
- latin root
- custodia means guarding, also meant prison cell
- two flavors
- legal means decisions, physical means whose couch
- chain of
- unbroken evidence handling that wins or loses trials
- protective custody
- a jail that locks danger out, not in
- bird nesting
- kids stay put, parents rotate through the house
for instance
britney spears conservatorship — 13-year legal battle (2008-2021) over her personal and financial affairs in los angeles