wardship
Example Sentences
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She said that in wardship hearings in 2019 her family had obtained a "travel ban" to prevent her from going abroad and that she believed this was still active.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2024
But each state court system, from New York to California, runs wardship and adoption proceedings differently — and sometimes there are even variations between counties.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
But each state court system, from New York to California, runs wardship and adoption proceedings differently - and sometimes there are even variations between counties.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
Each state court system, from New York to California, runs wardship and adoption proceedings differently, and variations sometimes even exist between counties.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
The king had indisputably a right to the wardship of his tenants in chivalry, and to the escheats or forfeitures of persons dying without heirs or attainted for treason.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam