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Wardship   Listen
noun
Wardship  n.  
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."
2.
The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. "It was the wisest act... in my wardship."





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"Wardship" Quotes from Famous Books



... had pronounced the sale of brandy to the Indians a sin; and in view of the fact that the traffic was licensed under royal authority, Frontenac with his accustomed vehemence pronounced the prohibition seditious. He accused the Jesuits of keeping the Indians in perpetual wardship, and of thinking more ...
— Old Quebec - The Fortress of New France • Sir Gilbert Parker and Claude Glennon Bryan


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