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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.

Wardship

is incident to tenure in socage.

Blackstone.

The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.

It was the wisest act . . . in my

wardship

B. Jonson.

Noun.

Guardianship; care and protection of a ward.

Right of guardianship.

Wardship is incident to tenure in socage.

Pupilage; state of being under a guardian.

wardship ‎(usually uncountable, plural wardships)

(chiefly law) The state of being a ward of someone
- 2009 February 21, Tracey Tyler, “A many-ringed circus”, in Toronto Star:
  The majority said temporary wardship, which allowed the girl to receive a transfusion, was justified.