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Definition of protective custody:

(n) : (law enforcement) Lawful confinement of a person or close supervision of his or her movements, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, by authorities in order to safeguard that person from attack or other dangers.
(n) : (law enforcement) The custody that CPS sometimes takes of children when those children are being abused or neglected and no other corrective action is successful or feasible.

Definition of protective custody:

(n) : (law enforcement) Lawful confinement of a person or close supervision of his or her movements, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, by authorities in order to safeguard that person from attack or other dangers.
(n) : (law enforcement) The custody that CPS sometimes takes of children when those children are being abused or neglected and no other corrective action is successful or feasible.

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