Guardian
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Gardian, Gardeyne. [from* Fr. gardein, (q. v.); L. Lat. gardianus,guardianuS'; Lat. custos, tutor,. curator.] A keeper or protector; one who has the charge or custody of any person or thing.
Cowell.
Spelman, voc. Guardianus, Guardia. lu a stricter sense, one who has or is entitled to the custody of the person or property of an infant; answering to the tutor and curator of the civil law. Cou>ell, voc.
Gardeyne. 1 £1. Com. 460.