Sentence Examples

  • He promises also to do right concerning forests, abbeys and the wardship of lands which belong lawfully to others.
  • The Mussulman cadis retain their jurisdiction in regard to religious affairs, marriage, divorce, the wardship of minors and inheritance.
  • Had insisted on the right of wardship which he enjoyed as overlord of the island,' and he had appointed a commission of five barons to exercise his rights.
  • Both wardship and marriage were, however, valuable rights which the lord could exercise himself or sell to others.
  • She survived her marriage but a few months and her husband then obtained the wardship of her Dacre offspring, a son who died young, and three daughters whom the duke, with the true Howard eye for a rich inheritance, gave as brides to three of his sons.
 
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