\Ward"ship\, n.
1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a
   ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.
         Wardship is incident to tenure in socage.
                                               --Blackstone.
2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
         It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. --B.
                                               Jonson.