wardship
guardianship; custody.
Law. the guardianship over a minor or ward.
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How to use wardship in a sentence
If the successor was an infant, the Crown under the name of wardship, took the rents of the estates.
Landholding In England | Joseph FisherThis last (cornage) drew after it wardship, marriage, and relief.
Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country | John Pagen WhiteWith some of these dogs Samson appeased Richard's wrath when he flouted the king as to a disputed wardship .
In the past John had evidently stretched his authority and seized lands over which others had really the right of wardship.
He promises also to do right concerning forests, abbeys and the wardship of lands which belong lawfully to others.
British Dictionary definitions for wardship
/ (ˈwɔːdʃɪp) /
the state of being a ward
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