Wardship

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The lord’s right under military tenure to receive and retain, as guardian of the person and estate, the profits of the lands of an infant male heir until 21 years old and of a female until 16. In socage tenure the guardian was the heir,s nearest relative, to whom the inheritance could not descend, was accountable for profits and ceased to be guardian when the ward was 14. See 2 Bl. Comm. 67, 71, 97.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In military tenures, the right of the lord to have custody, as guardian, of the body and lands of the infant heir, without any account of profits, until he was twenty-one or she sixteen. In socage the guardian was accountable for profits; and he was not the lord, but the nearest relative to whom the inheritance could not descend, and the wardship ceased at fourteen. In copyholds, the lord was the guardian. but was perhaps accountable for profits. Stim. Gloss. See 2 Bl. Comm. 67.

Defined under Ward in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In feudal and old English act as guardian to the heir of a which consisted in having the the heir, without account of profits, males, and sixteen in females,

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

In mihtary tody, as guardian, of without any account of sixteen. In socage, the and he was not the lord, inheritance could not teen. In copyholds the accountable for profits.