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wardship
[ wawrd-ship ]
wardship
/ ˈwɔːdʃɪp /
noun
- the state of being a ward
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If the successor was an infant, the Crown under the name of Wardship, took the rents of the estates.
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This last (cornage) drew after it wardship, marriage, and relief.
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With some of these dogs Samson appeased Richard's wrath when he flouted the king as to a disputed wardship .
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In the past John had evidently stretched his authority and seized lands over which others had really the right of wardship.
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He promises also to do right concerning forests, abbeys and the wardship of lands which belong lawfully to others.
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