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

But if she be married at the age at which it is allowable for a woman to marry, the fact of her marriage makes her of age and delivers her fief from wardship.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin