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† wardatar(e Sc. Obs. Also 6 -atair, -atour. [f. med.L. type *wardatārius, f. med.L. warda: see ward n.2 Cf. feudatary.] In Scots feudal law, the person who has the wardship of lands while the heir is a minor.
1535Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 344/2 Gif þe wardatouris of sik landis Refusis to find souirtie. 1579–80Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 263 George Dowglas, wardatare of Carthorall. 1580Exchequer Rolls Scot. XXI. 547 John Leslie of Buchquhane, schireff wardatour of Abirdene. 1584Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 705 Williame Douglas of Lochlevin, principall schireff, wardatar thairof. 1765–8Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. ix. §62 The former part of the statute [of 1491] had enacted, that both wardatars and liferenters should give security to uphold, in good condition, the subject of the ward or liferent. |