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paternal custody
n. An arrangement whereby only the father has physical and legal custody of a child while the mother has visitation rights.
Usage examples of "paternal custody".
Atkinson had at length wearied of Flambeau's almost paternal custody, and had endeavoured to knock him down, which was by no means a smooth game to play with the Roi des Apaches, even after that monarch's abdication.