Warden
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers; as, the warden of a prison, the port warden of the port of Philadelphia, church- wardens. As to the latter, see Baum, Church Daw. 1 Officials over forests. They were the executive olficers of the crown, to whom its writs were addressed, and were somewhat analogous the sheriff. Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 341. Abolished in 1817.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
One who has by office the keeper.
In English law. Warden of the siding ofi Scer of the Cinque Ports.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A guardian, Wards and liveries, v.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers; as the warden of a prison, the warden of the Cinque Ports, churchward in London, ordinarily called the wardmote court. The wardmote inquest hath power every year to inquire into and present all defaults concerning the watch and constables doing their duty; that engines, &e., are provided against fire; that persons selling ale and beer be honest, and suffer no disorders, nor permit gaming, &c., that they sell in lawful measures; searches are to be made for vagrants, beggars, and idle persons, &c,, who shall be punished. Jacob.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers; as, the warden of the prison; the wardens of the port of Philadelphia; church-wardens.