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What does wardship mean?

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Noun
  1. (chiefly law) The state of being a ward of someone
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But at least, it will be said, there was no right of wardship and marriage.
This wardship phenomenon has the tendency to inhibit the State party's fulfilment of the obligations under the protocol.
Personal protection and revenge, oaths, marriage, wardship, and succession were all regulated by the law of kinship.
Nor shall we have wardship of that fee-farm, socage, or burgage, unless the fee-farm owes knight's service.
The wardship idea is not the part of the American institution as it concerns them.
Arthur was a posthumous child of Geoffrey, fourth of Henry II's five sons, and his wardship was a point of contention between Richard and Philip.

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