WARDSHIP

Etymology

Noun

wardship (usually uncountable, plural wardships)

(chiefly, legal) The state of being a ward of someone.

(historical) In English feudal law, the guardianship which the lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.

Anagrams

• shipward

Source: Wiktionary


Ward"ship, n.

1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone.

2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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