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A parent; a father. In loco parentis. In the place of the pai'ent. Said of a person invested with the rights and charged -with the duties of the parent of a child, as, a guardian, ' Mkp. Wells, ante. 2 Exp. Wells, ante: Coke, 3 Inst. 233. s Knote v. United States, ante. ■> Exp. Garland, 4 Wall. 333, 380 (1866), cases, Field, J. s 4 Bl. Com. 316. » 4 Bl. Com. 337. '4 Bl. Com. 376. 8 4 Bl. Com. 402. and, in some sense, a teacher,, and the faculty of a school.' Parens patriae. Father of the country. In England, the sovereign; in the United States, the state. The sovereign is, theoretically, guardian over all infants and committee over all lunatics. As much of the royal prerogative as belonged to the king in his capacity of universal trustee enters into our political state as into the principles of the British constitution."