War Office, the address and offices of the Secretary of State for War and Army Council.
A child under guardianship. A ward of Court is an infant under the protection of the High Court. An infant is constituted a ward of Court by an action relating to his estate; by an order made on an application for the appointment of a guardian; or by a payment into Court under the Trustee Act, 1925, s. 63; or inan administration action, to which he is party, see Brown v. Collins, (1884) 25 Ch D 56. The control of the Court ceases when the infant comes of age, Bolton v. Bolton, (1891) 3 Ch 270; see Seton on Judgments; Dan. Ch. Pr.; Simpson on Infants. See INFANT.
Also, an electoral subdivision of a borough for the purposes of the local government elections [(English) Local Government Act, 1933, ss. 24 to 30]. In boroughs divided by wards, an alderman or, in some cases, a councillor, not the mayor, is returning officer (s. 28). As to district councils, see ss. 36 and 37. Parishes may be divided into wards by the county council (s. 52). This Act, replacing the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and previous Acts, all repealed except as to London, provides that the number of councillors in each ward is to be always divisible by three. There is to be a separate election for each ward, and every elector may give one vote and no more for each candidate For qualification to vote, see Representa-tion of the People Act (ibid., s. 51). See also WATCH AND WARD.
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