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wardship

Translations

wardshipnoun

wardships

tutelleTerme juridique : état d’une personne mineure ou protégée placée sous la garde légale d’un tuteur.

After her parents' death, she spent her adolescence in the wardship of her uncle.

Après la mort de ses parents, elle a passé son adolescence sous la tutelle de son oncle.

Additional translations

droit de gardeHistoire du droit féodal : droit du seigneur sur la garde des biens et de la personne d’un héritier mineur.

Synonyms

wardshipnoun

The condition of being a ward; the state of being under the legal care of a guardian.

After her parents' death, she spent her adolescence in the wardship of her uncle.

The legal guardianship or control exercised by a guardian over a ward, including management of the ward's property.

The law firm petitioned the court to assume wardship of the estate until the child reached adulthood.

(historical) In feudal law, the right of a lord to the custody of the lands and person of his tenant's minor heir.

Under Norman custom, the wardship of the young baron's lands reverted to the crown.