Ward

A person under the care of a guardian; a division of a city, — so called because under the care of an alderman.

In English law

Ward-mote: a court held in every ward in London.

In old English law

Guard, protection; the state of being under protection or guardianship; an infant under guardianship, a place under protection of a person; a state of confinement; a place of confinement. Ward-corn: the duty of keeping ward with a horn with which to give warning. Ward-fegh, ward-feoh: ward fee; the value of a ward, or the money paid to the lord for the ward's redemption. Ward-penny, warth-penny, warpen: money paid to the lord. In old Scots law. Ward-holding: proper feudal tenure of Scotland.