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Marriage
case that the marriage should be solemnised in church; and as to minors, that the father, mother, or guardian shall previously consent to the marriage if by license (see Banns). The Act further abolished the suits in
Maritagium
Maritagium, the portion which is given with a daughter in marriage. Also, the power which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infant ward in matrimony, Spelm. See 1 Reeves (Finlason's Edition), 171.
Pupil
Pupil, a ward, one under the care of a guardian. In Scotland, a male under 14and a female under 12. During that period, the disabilities are somewhat similar
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Rex est caput et salus reipublica
Rex est caput et salus reipublica (4 Co. 124), the king is the head and guardian of the commonwealth.
Recto de dote unde nihil habet
to his wife, and she thereby was driven to sue for her thirds against the heir or his guardian. Abolished. See ibid.
Revishment de gard
Revishment de gard (ravishment of ward), an abolished writ which lay for a guardian, by knight's service or in socage, against a person who took from him the body of his ward,
Sheriff, Shire-reeve, or Shiriff
Sheriff, Shire-reeve, or Shiriff [fr. scire, Sax., fr. scyran, to divide, and gerefa, a guardian (vicecomes)], the chief officer of the Crown in every county. The judges, together with the other great officers
Speaker
Speaker, is the guardian of the privileges of the House. His function is to regulate debate and enforce the observance of the
Sufferance, Tenancy at
a tenant at sufferance; but where he cometh to the particular estate by act of law, as a guardian, for instance, there, if he hold over, he is no tenant at sufferance, but an abator. The same
Take out of the keeping
Take out of the keeping, the word 'take or entices any minor.................out of the keeping of the lawful guardian of such minor' in s. 361, are significant. The use of the word 'keeping' in the context con-notes
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