Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun custody_case

1 sense of custody case

Sense 1
custody case -- (a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce))
       => legal action, action, action at law -- (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)