A legal concept for individuals who are designated to act on behalf of persons who are considered incapable of acting in their own behalf, e.g., minors and persons found to be not mentally competent.
    

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A guardian angel is carrying a child up into the sky to an altar dedicated to a parody of the Virgin. Etching by James Gillray, 1805.

Prince Arthur, the grandson of King Henry II of England, clings to his guardian Hubert de Burgh, who is reluctant to allow the prince to be blinded and mutilated as ordered by King John. Mezzotint by T. Lupton after J. Northcote.

Guardian and ward

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Lasting power of attorney / Alzheimer's Society.

A guide to the Children Act 1975 / by Jennifer Terry.

Family council law in Europe : a study undertaken at the instance of the Eugenics Society, 1927-1929.

A guardian angel is carrying a child up into the sky to an altar dedicated to a parody of the Virgin. Etching by James Gillray, 1805.

The orphans of Byzantium : child welfare in the Christian empire / Timothy S. Miller.