Custody

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

(with ‘in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"