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ejectment de garde
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A quick definition of ejectment de garde:
Term: EJECTMENT DE GARDE
Definition: Ejectment de garde is a legal term that refers to a type of writ that was available to a guardian who had been ejected from their ward's land during the ward's minority. This writ allowed the guardian to recover the land or person of the ward, or both. It was also known as de ejectione custodiae in Latin. The French equivalent was also called ejectment de garde.
A more thorough explanation:
Ejectment de garde
Ejectment de garde is a historical legal term that refers to a writ available to a guardian who has been ejected from the ward's land during the ward's minority. This writ was used to recover the land or person of the ward, or both. The French equivalent was ejectment de garde.
An example of ejectment de garde would be if a guardian was taking care of a piece of land for a minor, and someone else came and took over the land. The guardian could then use the writ of ejectment de garde to recover the land for the minor.
Another example would be if a guardian was taking care of a minor and someone else took the minor away. The guardian could then use the writ of ejectment de garde to recover the person of the minor.
These examples illustrate how the writ of ejectment de garde was used to protect the interests of minors and their guardians in historical legal contexts.