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In the past John had evidently stretched his authority and seized lands over which others had really the right of wardship.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 17, SLICE 3VARIOUS
Nor had Warner, consciously or not, been indifferent to the sacredness of his wardship.
THE GORGEOUS ISLEGERTRUDE ATHERTON
How poor Marmaduke used to envy me my wardship to that good man!
LOST SIR MASSINGBERD, V. 1/2JAMES PAYN
Apart from this wardship, women very clearly were not in a subordinate position and, moreover, never regarded as property.
THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMANC. GASQUOINE HARTLEY
The wardship idea is not the part of the American institution as it concerns them.
TWENTIETH CENTURY NEGRO LITERATUREVARIOUS
But the system of wardship (see p. 116) made marriages a matter of bargain and sale.
A STUDENT'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, V. 1 (OF 3)SAMUEL R. GARDINER.
He had made over her wardship to me, and has no right to resume it!'
THE CHAPLET OF PEARLSCHARLOTTE M. YONGE
This last (cornage) drew after it wardship, marriage, and relief.
LAYS AND LEGENDS OF THE ENGLISH LAKE COUNTRYJOHN PAGEN WHITE
He had succeeded in enforcing his claim to the wardship of all orphans born within his domain.
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, VOLUME II (OF 8)JOHN RICHARD GREEN
But ye come with lies, Man and Snake both, and would have me believe the city is not, and that my wardship ends.
THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOKRUDYARD KIPLING

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