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LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
Legal guardian

A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward . Usually, a person has the status of guardian because the ward is incapable of caring for his or her own interests due to infancy, incapacity, or disability....
. A court
Court

A court is a body, often a government institution, with the authority to adjudication legal disputes and dispense private law, criminal justice, or administrative law justice in accordance with rules of law....
 may take responsibility for the legal protection of an individual, usually either a child or incapacitated person, in which case the ward is known as a ward of the court, a ward of the state or formerly as a ward in Chancery
Chancery

Chancery may refer to:* Court of equity, also called a chancery court* One of the Court of Chancery * Chancery hand, a name for multiple styles of historic writing...
.

United States governmental policy toward Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 formerly treated Indian tribes both as independent nations and as "wards of the state".






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In law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
Legal guardian

A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward . Usually, a person has the status of guardian because the ward is incapable of caring for his or her own interests due to infancy, incapacity, or disability....
. A court
Court

A court is a body, often a government institution, with the authority to adjudication legal disputes and dispense private law, criminal justice, or administrative law justice in accordance with rules of law....
 may take responsibility for the legal protection of an individual, usually either a child or incapacitated person, in which case the ward is known as a ward of the court, a ward of the state or formerly as a ward in Chancery
Chancery

Chancery may refer to:* Court of equity, also called a chancery court* One of the Court of Chancery * Chancery hand, a name for multiple styles of historic writing...
.

United States governmental policy toward Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 formerly treated Indian tribes both as independent nations and as "wards of the state". This was contradictory because while they were treated as "independent", they were also considered "incapacitated individuals". This policy was revoked with the policy of assimilation and, eventually, the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.

See also

  • Charge (youth)
    Charge (youth)

    During the European Middle Ages, a charge often meant an underage person placed under the supervision of a nobleman. Charges were the Social responsibility of the nobleman they were charged to, and they were usually expected to be treated as guests or a member of the household....