Ward Holding
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old Scotch law. Military tenure by which lands were held. It was so called from the yearly tax In commutation of the right to hold vassals' lands during minority. It was abolished in 1747. Burton, Law Scot. p. 375; Bell, Diet.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Scotch) Tenure by military service.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old Scotch law. Tenure by military service; the proper feudal tenure of Scotland. Abolished by St. 20 Geo. II. c. 50. Ersk. Prin. 2, 4, 1,
—Ward in chancery.. An infant who is under the superintendence of the chancellor.
Defined under Ward in Black's Law Dictionary.