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Alexander's British statutes in force in Maryland. 2d ed., 1912
Volume 194, Page 630   View pdf image (33K)
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630 12 CAR. 2, CAP. 24, GUARDIANS.
STATUTES
Made at WESTMINSTER, Anno Regni CAROLI II. Regis Anglise
&c. duodecimo and A. £). 1660.
CAP. XXIV.
An Act for Taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and
Tenures la Capite, and by Knights-Service, and Purveyance, and for
settling a Revenue upon his Majesty in hen thereof.
VIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That where any Person hath, or shall have any Child or Chil-
dren under the Age of one and twenty Years, and not married
at the Time of his Death, That it shall and may be lawful to
and for the Father of such Child or Children, whether born at
the Time of the Decease of the Father, or at that Time in
venire sa mere; or whether such Father be within the Age of
one and twenty Years, or of full Age, by his Deed executed in
his Life-time, or by his last Will and Testament in Writing,
in the Presence of two or more credible Witnesses; in such
Manner, and from Time to Time as he shall respectively think
fit, to dispose of the Custody and Tuition of such Child or
Children, for, and during such Time as he or they shall respect-
ively remain under the Age of one and twenty Years, or any
lesser Time, to any Person or Persons in Possession or Remain-
der, other than Popish Recusants; (2) and that such Disposi-
tion of the Custody of such Child or Children made since the
twenty-fourth of February, one thousand six hundred forty-
five, or hereafter to be made, shall be good and effectual against
all and every Person or Persons claiming the Custody or
Tuition of such Child or Children as Guardian in Socage or
otherwise: (3) And that such Person or Persons to whom the
Custody of such Child or Children hath been, or shall be so
467* disposed or devised, as aforesaid, shall and may main-
tain an Action of Ravishment of Ward or Trespass, against
any Person or Persons which shall wrongfully take away or
detain such Child or Children, for the Recovery of such Child
or Children; (4) and shall and may recover Damages for the

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