Wardship synonyms

wôrd'shĭp'

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charge
Expense; cost:
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guardianship
The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
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tutelage
The capacity or activity of a guardian; guardianship.
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custody (related)
Any significant restraint or control over a person’s freedom to ensure his or her presence at a hearing or trial in a criminal action.
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ownership (related)
Legal right of possession; lawful title (to something); proprietorship
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escheat (related)
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devisee (related)
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seise (related)
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Wardship Sentence Examples

  • As doubtful questions of trust, of wardship, of testamentary succession, they were taken up not in the strict course of justice, but as matters in which redress was sorely needed and had to be brought by the exceptional power of the court of chancery.

  • Prerogative and privilege came more than once into collision, the abuses of purveyance and wardship were made matters of conference, though the thorough discussion of them was deferred to a succeeding session; while James's temper was irritated by the objections brought against his favourite scheme of the Union, and by the attitude taken up by the House with regard to religious affairs.

  • The Old English origins of the tenure are still apparent even at this time in the shape of some of its incidents, especially in the absence of feudal wardship and marriage.

  • For undying corporations paid the king neither reliefs (death duties) nor fees on wardship and marriage, and their property would never escheat to the crown for want of an heir.

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