Watch And Ward
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Watch and ward. one of the principal duties of constables is to keep watch and ward. ward [custodia, Lat.] is chiefly applied to the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters and robbers on the highways. Watch [fr. watcht, or wacta, Teut.] is applicable to the night only, and begins at the time when ward ends, 1 Bl. Com. 356.
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