legal guardian
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandguardian
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
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guardian
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡɑː.di.ən/us/ˈɡɑːr.di.ən/
a person who has the legal right and responsibility of taking care of someone who cannot take care of himself or herself, such as a child whose parents ...
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(Definition oflegalandguardianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegal guardian
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The woman takes half the responsibility for her children, but by common law she is not thelegalguardian.
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A foster parent may have charge of a child but thelegalguardianis the local authority.
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Yet under the local law the responsible authorities might get into difficulties if the child were moved without the sanction of alegalguardian.
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A passport, as a general rule, should not be issued unless the child'slegalguardianconsents.
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If one parent died, the surviving parent became thelegalguardianof any minor children.
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Thus, the husband wrote letters to doctors on behalf of his wife, functioning, as it were, as herlegalguardian.
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A parent/legalguardianprovided informed consent for all participants 18 years of age, and all participants provided assent to participate.
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Without alegalguardian, the nursing home might be tempted to judge appropriate care on the basis of age.
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Note that the requirement here is that the child's consent be obtained in addition to, not in lieu of, the consent of thelegalguardian.
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The kadi also acted as an ex officiolegalguardianfor those who happened to have none.
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Apart from providing services to about 100 older and disabled people, it was thelegalguardianto 552 orphans and abandoned children, 536 of whom were disabled.
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There is to be nolegalguardianfor children under the voluntary homes.
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The consent of both parents (if living) or thelegalguardianis required in each case before the enlistment can be proceeded with.
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The engagement is freely entered upon and must have the consent of the parents orlegalguardian.
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Before one is issued for a child the consent of thelegalguardian, normally the father, is required.
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The intention is to ensure that thelegalguardianof the child is informed without delay of the child's temporary detention.
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The prior and explicit consent of the child'slegalguardianwill no longer be required.
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She is not thelegalguardianunless she goes to court, even if the whereabouts of the husband are not known.
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Yet, unless she takes special action, she is not thelegalguardianof her children, although she may have to support her husband.
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