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

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

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

For nearly two hundred years, as it happened, the heirs of this house were always minors, held in wardship by the king.

From Irish Nationality by Green, Alice Stopford