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• guardian — A person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of the person and managing the property and rights of another person, who, for defect of age, understanding, or self control, is considered incapable of… …   Black's law dictionary

• guardian — A person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of the person and managing the property and rights of another person, who, for defect of age, understanding, or self control, is considered incapable of… …   Black's law dictionary

• guardian ad litem — A guardian ad litem is a special guardian appointed by the court in which a particular litigation is pending to represent an infant, ward or unborn person in that particular litigation, and the status of guardian ad litem exists only in that… …   Black's law dictionary

• guardian ad litem — A guardian ad litem is a special guardian appointed by the court in which a particular litigation is pending to represent an infant, ward or unborn person in that particular litigation, and the status of guardian ad litem exists only in that… …   Black's law dictionary

• guardian of spendthrift — A guardian appointed by a court, on the institution of appropriate proceedings for that purpose, to take charge of the estate of an improvident person, profligate, spendthrift, or drunkard, the appointment of such a guardian being authorized by… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• guardian — guardianless, adj. /gahr dee euhn/, n. 1. a person who guards, protects, or preserves. 2. Law. a person who is entrusted by law with the care of the person or property, or both, of another, as a minor or someone legally incapable of managing his… …   Universalium

• Court of the Lord Lyon — The arms of office of the Lord Lyon King of arms, the sovereign of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The Court of the Lord Lyon, also known as the Lyon Court, is a standing court of law which regulates heraldry in Scotland. Like the College of Arms in… …   Wikipedia

• guardian by judicial appointment — The most common kind of guardian, being a person appointed by the court as the guardian of the person, of the property, or of both person and property, of an infant or mental incompetent …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Legal guardian — A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) 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… …   Wikipedia

• Selected court cases in the Terri Schiavo case — Guardianship challengedOn February 14, 1993, Terri s husband, Michael Schiavo, and the Schindlers had a falling out; Mr. Schiavo claimed the argument arose due to his refusal to share the settlement money with the Schindlers. The Schindlers claim …   Wikipedia

• Florida Supreme Court — The Supreme Court of the State of Florida is the state supreme court of Florida. Established upon statehood in 1845, the court has undergone many reorganizations in its history as Florida s population grew. It has played a pivotal role in some… …   Wikipedia