Wardship

Word WARDSHIP
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Hyphenation ward ship
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Definitions and meanings of "Wardship"

What do we mean by wardship?

The state of being in the charge of a guardian. noun

Custody; guardianship. noun

The office of a ward or guardian; guardianship; care and protection of a ward; right of guardianship; hence, the feudal tenure by which the lord claimed the custody of the body and custody and profits of the lands of the infant heir of his deceased tenant. noun

The state or condition of a ward; pupilage. noun

The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. noun

The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. noun

The state of being a ward of someone noun

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The word "wardship" in example sentences

I begged the King to have the truth declared, whether the wardship were his or mine. ❋ Unknown (1906)

This decadence of purpose is not unnatural; a wardship is a duty, and should not be a continuous necessity, its greatest blessing a consciousness that its ideals and purposes have been assimilated by its wards, and lifted higher in humanity's scale. ❋ Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1885)

"wardship," &c. The above may seem a great undertaking for vacant hours at college, but will not appear to any of Mr. Smith's friends to have been such to him, who read as rapidly, as he attended closely to, and tenaciously retained what he had read. ❋ Various (N/A)

"pleaded nonage," "wardship," "pupillage," &c., seem to smack too much of legal technology to countenance the supposition of poetic license. ❋ Various (1852)

She would be in a minority, but under the wardship of her mother and yourself as Lord Protector. ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

For how this all related to wardship, see Elton, Reform, p. 147 back ❋ Unknown (2008)

Note 13: Initial evidence for Salisbury's appointment comes from LP, III, pt. 1, 805; on May 13, 1520, Salisbury received as Mary's governess the revenues of a wardship, presumably as wages. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“I am giving your daughter in wardship to my dearly loved half brothers, Edmund and Jasper Tudor,” the king says to my mother. ❋ Philippa Gregory (2010)

He could not leave until a few other sufferers, too frail or sick to go with their fellows, were committed to responsible care under the marshall's wardship. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A minor could succeed to a title but could not administer the associated estates, especially if they were held as "knight-service," until he or she came of age. 28 Hence, the practice of wardship whereby an underage heir became the ward of the crown with their estates reverting to the crown during the heir's minority. ❋ Unknown (2008)

My employer has applied for and been granted wardship of this minor. ❋ Kate Morton (2009)

While the Misses Sturgeon were scrutinizing the wardship order, Mrs. Swindell finally regained her composure. ❋ Kate Morton (2009)

It will also be in a position not only to dispute the wardship of a mother, whose standing will not be a function of citizenship at all, but to intervene in prenatal care. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The cliché fantasy of being swept away, falling in love, and forever basking in the wardship of what was described to me as a "hunk" becomes an ephemeral reality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am giving your daughter in wardship to my dearly loved half-brother, Edmund Tudor, the king says to my mother. ❋ Philippa Gregory (2009)

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