Ward
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1 In English history, see hundred. 2 In law, see guardian and ward. 3 In local government, see city government.
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Ward
(n) A ward is an individual who's responsibility is assigned to another person by a court of law for proper upkeep and care.
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n. 1) a person (usually a minor) who has a guardian appointed by the court to care for and take responsibility for that person.
Ward: 1. A child placed by a court under the care of a guardian.
Warrant: 1. A court order giving authority to a sheriff or police officer to arrest a person, to search a house, etcetera. 2. To state that something is true.
WARD, a district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward.
WARD, police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law.
Ward
A person for whom a guardianship has been established.
Warranty
A promise to perform, make good, repair or indemnify the promissee for a loss incurred in the event a represented fact proves to be untrue; a promise that a fact is true.
ward of the court: A minor that is under the care and control of the juvenile court and not his or her parent(s).
ward A person, typically an infant, placed under the care of a guardian.
Term: Ward
Definition: A person for whom a guardianship has been established.
Ward
Definition - Noun
1 : a division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes
2 a : a person who by reason of incapacity (as minority or incompetency) is under the control of a guardian ...
ward
n. 1) a person (usually a minor) who has a guardian appointed by ...
warrant
1) n. an order (writ) of a court which directs a law enforcement ...
WARD,
police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law. 2. It is the duty of all police officers and... more
WARD IN CHANCERY.
An infant who is under the superintendence of the chancellor. ... more ...
Ward Churchill academic misconduct investigation
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When a male ward refused an equal match provided by his guardian, he was obliged on coming of age, to pay him the value of the marrriage; that is, as much as he had been bona fide offered for it; or if the guardian chose, ...
That system has recognized as many as seven forms of tenure - ward, socage, mortification, feu, blench, burgage, booking. Ward, the original military holding, was abolished in 1747 (20 G. II. c. 20), as an effect of the rising of 1745.
If a guardian undertakes the care of his ward then permits the ward to die of malnutrition at the nursing home, there has been a lack of due diligence.
Openness Order In child protection cases, an order made by the court allowing a Crown ward to continue to have contact, communicate or have a relationship with a person after adoption.
French défense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. Eng. defence. 2. That which is offered by a defendant as sufficient to defeat a suit - by denying, justifying, or confessing and avoiding, the cause of action.
guardianship A legal arrangement under which one person (a guardian) has the legal right and duty to care for another (the ward) and his or her property. A guardianship is established because of the ward's ...
"Contracts which require uberrimae fidei are those entered into between persons in a particular relationship, as guardian and ward, solicitor and client (and) insurer and insured."
In Coronation Insurance v Taku Air, Canada's Supreme Court wrote: ...
Contutor (kahn-too-tuhr) A joint guardian of a ward.
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INTERESTED PERSON -- Under the Michigan Revised Probate Code, one of the following: interested party; creditor; surety; any person having a property right in a trust estate or estate of decedent or ward who may be affected by the proceedings, ...
legal custody - Restraint of or responsibility for a person according to law, such as a guardian's authority over the person or property, or both, of his ward.
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Such relationships arise from explicit appointment, or by implication. The relationships generally associated with agency law include guardian-ward, executor or administrator-decedent, and employer-employee.
 See also: Will, Support, Were, Word, Way
  
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