English Explanatory Dictionary

wardship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being a ward of someone.
  2. In English feudal law, the guardianship which the lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.

Word forms

wardship wardships

Etymology

From ward + -ship.

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