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Ward
[legal] Cover of Eternal Filena volume 4, illustrated by Akemi Takada. ==License== ==Fair use rationale== This image falls under fair use in the article Akemi Takada because: ==Fair use rationale== This image falls under fair use in the article Eternal Filena because: ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_(legal)
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[country subdivision] A ward is a subdivision of a municipality. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area. It is common in the United States for wards to simply be number... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_(country_subdivision)
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[band] Ward are an electronica duo consisting of David Meme and Richard Williams (from the emo band Calvados Beam Trio). WARD need to be Richard Williams (Calvados Beam Trio/Noise Noise Alore!) and David Meme (MEME) in a collaborative experimental electronica project. They formed WARD in 199... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_(band)
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[law] In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian. A court 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, or a ward of the state, in the U... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_(law)
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Every local authority in the country is divided into a number of smaller districts known as wards - there are 8,414 in England alone. They form the constituencies for local elections, returning up to three councillors each. The government is also focusing much of its regeneration work on wards which... Found op http://society.guardian.co.uk/glossary/page/0,,646470,00.html
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[n] - English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) 2. [n] - English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women`s suffrage movement (1851-1920) 3. [n] - United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) 4. [n] - a pers... Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=ward
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a castle courtyard or bailey
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Electoral division of a parliamentary seat or of a district council in an urban area. ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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(of castle) An area of land within a castle or a castle's jurisdiction. Sometimes the baileys of a castle called be called separate wards. The can be portions of land at some distance to the main holding's of the magnate - but still included as part of a ward. For example, 'Bedlingtonshire' was trea... Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let
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Ward noun [ Anglo-Saxon weard , fem., guard, weard , masc., keeper, guard; akin to Old Saxon ward a watcher, warden, German wart , Old High German wart , Icelandic vörðr a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/7
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Ward transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Warded ; present participle & verbal noun Warding .] [ Middle English wardien , Anglo-Saxon weardian to keep, protect; akin... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/7
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Ward intransitive verb 1. To be vigilant; to keep guard. 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. « She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back.» Sir P. Sidney. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/7
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1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch. 'Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.' (Spenser) ... 2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. 'For th... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?ward
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hospital ward noun block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; `they put her in a 4-bed ward` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ward
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noun a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ward
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noun a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ward
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Aaron Montgomery Ward noun United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ward
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Mary Augusta Arnold Ward noun English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women`s suffrage movement (1851-1920) Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ward
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Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth noun English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ward
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(word) a large room in a hospital for the accommodation of several patients. a division within a hospital for the care of numerous patients having the same condition, such as a a maternity ward. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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• (n.) A division of a county. • (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. • (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon. • (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. • (n.) The state of being under g... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ward/
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(from the article `lock`) ...security. The Romans introduced metal for locks, usually iron for the lock itself and often bronze for the key (with the result that keys are ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/9
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Ward is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `to guard ` Where is it used? The name Ward is mainly used In English. Ward doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Ward appeared In the top-1000 was 38 years ago, In 1970. It ranked #720 In that year. . 1890 was a `top ye... Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?boys/Ward
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[fencing] A ward or guard (translating German Hut "protection") is a defensive position in the German school of swordsmanship. In Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 the concept is rendered as custodia "guard". ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_(fencing)
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The USS Ward was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1060 tons displacement launched in 1918. The USS Ward was powered by four Normand oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twe... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RW.HTM
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