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ing parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. Blockstone. Guardian ad litem ( (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit. -- Gu…

Guardianship. [Obs.]

Guardianship. [Obs.]

A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.

Without a guardian. Marston.

The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

A joint guardian.

One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.

To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for. Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards. Harrington. Hence: To beg (one) for a fool, to take him for a fool. I beg to, is an elliptical expression for I beg leave to; as, I beg to inform you. -- To bag the question, to assume that…

ed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.

f the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

nd Durham. -- County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] -- County seat, a county town. [U.S.] -- County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace f…

One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.

A woman who is a guardian or custodian. Burrill.

Relating to custody or guardianship.

A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.

e trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J.S. Mill.

Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands. The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. Jer. Taylor.

of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.

disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot. Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.