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GUARDIAN

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 656 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GRA-GUI
GUARDIAN , one who
guards
  or defends another, a
protector
 . The O. Fr. guarden,
garden
 , mod. gardien, from guarder, garder, is of
Teutonic
  origin, from the
base
  war-, to protect, cf. O.H. Ger. warten, and Eng. " ward "; thus "guardian" and "
warden
  " are etymologically identical, as are " guard " and " ward "; cf. the use of the correlatives " guardian " and " ward," i.e. a
minor
 , or person incapable of managing his affairs, under the
protection
  or in the custody of a guardian. For the position of guardians of the poor see PooR LAw, and for the legal relations between a guardian and his ward see INFANT,
MARRIAGE
  and


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