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Ward land, Waird land, n. Also: wardlande, warde land, warland. [Ward n.¹ and Land n.¹ 6.] a. Land held by knight service. (Ward n.¹ 3 b.) b. specif.Applied to land held under this tenure during the period of the heir's minority. (Ward n.¹ 3 a.) c. Applied to a specific piece or pieces of land. d. Taxt-waird land, see Taxt ppl. adj. 2.a., b., c. 12… Reg. Dunferm. 103.
ij bouatas quas fverunt warland in eadem villa 1483 Acta Aud. 120*/1.
Tenne bolle of atis … of the half of the wardlande of stanhous 1496–7 Acta Conc. II 67.
The sade Anthone to decist … fra al occupacione and intrometting with the landis of the Hyrne … being in the Kingis handis be ressone of ward … chargeing the sade Anthone to decist … fra … intrometting with the sade warde landis [etc.] 1500 Acta Conc. II 438.
The sade stewart aucht nocht to call na persone … duelland utouth the stewartry nowthir for ward landis nor blanchferme landis 1501–2 Reg. Privy S. I 115/1.
The gift of the warde of the landis of Aldhall … now being in the kingis handis be ressoun of warde be the deceis of umquhile Stevin Anderson … and als … the proffitt of the said warde landis quhil the are recover sesing thairof 1509 Reg. Privy S. I 287/2.
The gift of the ward of all and sindry the landis, rentis [etc.] … now being in the kingis handis throw reson of ward … and the nonentres of the sammyn also wele blanchferme landis as ward landis 1522 Acta Conc. MS XXXIII 65a.
Agnes countes of Bothuile as assignay to the said ward landis … has poyndit and takin fra thame thair Mertymes mailis 1539 Reg. Privy S. II 459/2.
Providing that George Leirmonth and his wiffis barnis brouk thare ward landis of Ratho fre for the tyme of the warde 1567 Reg. Privy C. I 554.
My lord regent … dischargeis the thesaurare and donatouris quhatsumevir to the ward landis abonespecifiit, to desist [etc.] c1575 Balfour Pract. 227.
For ane air male of ward landis is of perfeit age to enter to his landis, quhen he is of xxi ȝeiris compleit 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Varda.
The keiping of the aire havand lands blenche, or in few-ferme, and also wardlands, perteinis to the superiour 1613 Frasers of Philorth 274.
Thairfra keipand the ward land endis quhill it cum to the clay fawldis(b) 1514–15 Fife Sheriff Ct. 5.
Waird landis 1571 Acts (1597) ii 19b.
That the profite of the waird-landes be tane vp be their mothers … als lang as she remaynes widdow a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 324.
Quhen waird lands ar disponed with warrandice, the disponer deceising, his air minor may not be pursued whill the expyreing of the waird be his majoritie 1640 Proceedings of the Commissioners from the Parliament of Scotland 44.
The act 1633 (ordaining that confirmations and infeftments of waird lands, shall not prejudge the king's waird)