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abduction
felony of abducting a person 2 : the unlawful carrying away of a wife or female child or ward for the purpose of marriage or sexual intercourse NOTE: Sense 2 has its roots in common law. As
commingling
commingling Act of fiduciary in mingling funds of his beneficiary, client, employer, or ward with his own funds. Such act is generally considered to be a breach of his fiduciary relationship. May
interdict
interdict 1 : something that prohibits 2 : one that has been interdicted compare ward [in-tər-dikt] vt 1 in the civil law of Louisiana : to deprive (a person) of the right to
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report) to a superior (as by a list or statement) [ the names of all residents in the ward] [ a list of jurors] b : to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an
Domett
A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen
Dutiful
natural or legal superiors obedient as to parents or superiors as a dutiful son or daughter a dutiful ward or servant a dutiful subject
Fender
One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
loony bin
An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital
Pupillary
Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward
Avail of marriage
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 same right, but not attended with the same advantage,
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