Ward-wit
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
WARDWYTE, or WARDwlte.
In old English law
Immunity or exemption from the duty or service of ward, or from contributing to such service.
Spelman.
Exemption from amercement for not finding a man to do ward. Fleta, lib.
1, c. 47, §16; Co. Litt. 83.