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Castle-ward, an imposition laid upon persons living within a certain distance of a castle towards the maintenance of those who watch and ward the same, Magna Charta, cap. 15, 20; 32 Hen. 8, c. 48....
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
Swarf-money
Swarf-money, warth-money or guard-money, paid in lieu of the service of castle-ward.A payment made in lieu of service of maintaining a lord's castle, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1461....
Castled
Having a castle or castles supporting a castle as a castled height or crag...
Watch and ward
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....
ward
ward 1 : a division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes 2 a : a person who by reason of incapacity (as minority or incompetency) is under the control of a guardian b : a person who by reason of incapacity is under the protection of a court either directly or through a guardian appointed by the court called also ward of the court compare interdict ward·ship n ...
Court of wards, minor under jurisdiction of
Court of wards, minor under jurisdiction of, means a person of whose estate the Court of Estate the Court of Wards has actually assumed management under the orders of the government and not under the person of whose estate the court of wards might with the sanction of the government take chose, (1881) 3 Mad 11. [Indian Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875), s. 3]...
Black ward
Black ward, a sub-vassal, who held ward of the king's vassal....
Casualty of wards
Casualty of wards, the mails and duties due to the superior in ward-holdings....
Tax-ward
Tax-ward, an annual payment made to a superior in Scotland, instead of the duties due to him under the tenure of ward-holding. Abolished....
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