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Webster 1913 Edition


Wardship

Ward′ship

,
Noun.
1.
The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.
Wardship
is incident to tenure in socage.
Blackstone.
2.
The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
It was the wisest act . . . in my
wardship
.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wardship

WARDSHIP

,
Noun.
1.
Guardianship; care and protection of a ward.
2.
Right of guardianship.
Wardship is incident to tenure in socage.
3.
Pupilage; state of being under a guardian.

Definition 2024


wardship

wardship

English

Noun

wardship (usually uncountable, plural wardships)

  1. (chiefly law) The state of being a ward of someone
    • 2009 February 21, Tracey Tyler, “A many-ringed circus”, in Toronto Star:
      The majority said temporary wardship, which allowed the girl to receive a transfusion, was justified.

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