| 单词 | court of wards and liveries |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCourt of Wards and Liveries d. Court of Wards: a court established by Henry VIII for the trial of causes relating to wardships; subsequently called Court of Wards and Liveries; abolished by Stat. 12 Car. II. cap. 24 (1660). Also, in British India, the title of a court which dealt with cases pertaining to the property of minors. Master of the Wards (and Liveries), the presiding judge of the Court of Wards (1541–1660). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts established by Henry VIII Court of (the) Augmentation(s)1535 Court of Wards1561 Augmentation Court1592 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > one who presides at a court > specific (Lord) Warden of the Stannaries1485 feudary1495 vice-warden1536 Master of the Wards (and Liveries)1561 feudatary1607 Steward of the High Peak1653 1561 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) Ded. sig. a5 To..Sir William Cecill, Knight..Master of the Wardes, and Liueries. a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 232 The Court of Wards began in our minority, about the 32. yeare of the Reigne of King Hen. 8. who also in the next yeare after, added thereunto the office of the Master of the Liveries..,ordayning that it should bee called the Court of Wards and Liveries. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 167 The Lord Say was to be Master of the Wards. 1914 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 397 Legal Adviser to Purdanashins under the guardianship of the Court of Wards of Bengal. < as lemmas |
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