A court of record, established in England iu the reign of Henry VIII. For the sur-vey and management of the valuable fruits of tenure, a court of record was created by St. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 46. called the **Court of the King’s wards.” To tills was annexed, by St. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 22, the “Court of Liveries;” so that it then became the “Court of wards and Liveries.” 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 258. This court wns not only for the management of “wards,” properly so called, but also of idiots and natural fools in the king’s custody, and for licenses to be grant-ed to the king’s widows to marry, and flues to be mnde for marrying without his license. Id. 259. It was abolished by St 12 Car.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
