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wardship
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wardship \Ward"ship\, n.
1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a
ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.
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Wardship is incident to tenure in socage.
--Blackstone.
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2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
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It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. --B.
Jonson.
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