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Probation

damages and costs, and if the offender is under the age of sixteen years, and the parent or guardian of the offender has conduced to the commission of the offence, the Court may order payment of such

Tutelage

Tutelage, guardianship; the state of being under a guardian, Sand. Just. Means the act of protecting or guiding; guardian-ship, Black's

Amy, or Ami

Amy, or Ami [fr. amicus, Lat.], usually called prochein amy, the next friend (as distinguished from the guardian) suing on behalf of an infant. Infants sue by a next friend and defend by a guardian ad

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Kidnapping from lawful guardianship

Kidnapping from lawful guardianship, Whoever takes or entices any minor under sixteen years of age if a male, or under eighteen years

Avail of marriage

Avail of marriage [fr. valor maritagii, Lat.], the right of marriage, which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infant ward in matrimony. A guardian in socage had also the

Entitled to act

his appearance by a next friend, the Collector or Court, as the case may be, shall appoint a guardian for the case to act on his behalf in the conduct thereof. (iii) the provisions of Order 32

ward

: 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

Vagrants

person relieved, in a workhouse, and refusing or neglecting while therein to perform the task prescribed by the guardians of the parish or union, if suited to his age and strength, or wilfully destroying or injuring his

Superintendent Registrar

law union in England and Wales. The office was filled as of right by the clerk to the guardians of the union, if he was duly qualified and accepted it. He is now a salaried officer in

Parish Apprentices

Parish Apprentices, persons who were bound out by the overseers of parishes, or by the guardians of the poor. The children of poor persons could be apprenticed out by the overseers, with consent of

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